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New Budapest Gallery<\/p>\n
1093 Budapest, F\u0151v\u00e1m t\u00e9r 11\u201312., (B\u00e1lna Budapest)<\/p>\n
19 December 2014 \u2013 1 March 2015<\/p>\n
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Curators<\/p>\n
G\u00c1BOR ANDR\u00c1SI | TAM\u00c1S T\u00d6R\u00d6K T\u00d6R\u00d6K | \u00c1GNES KONKOLY | ZSUZSANNA SZEGEDY-MASZ\u00c1K<\/p>\n
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Exhibiting artists:<\/p>\n
ZOLT\u00c1N \u00c1D\u00c1M | \u00c1D\u00c1M ALBERT | TEODORA AXENTE | M\u00c1RTON BARAB\u00c1S | ZSOMBOR BARAKONYI | ANDR\u00c1S B. BARANYAI | R\u00d3BERT BATYK\u00d3 | ERVIN B\u00c9K\u00c9SI | EMESE BENCZ\u00daR | KATA BERECZKI | ANDR\u00c1S BERN\u00c1T | KRISZTINA BOGN\u00c1R | J\u00c1NOS BORSOS | R\u00d3BERT BORSOS | P\u00c9TER BOTOS | IMRE BUKTA | J\u00d3ZSEF BULL\u00c1S | M\u00c1RTA CZENE | \u00c1KOS CZIG\u00c1NY | ISTV\u00c1N CS\u00c1K\u00c1NY | SZIL\u00c1RD CSEKE | BAL\u00c1ZS CSEPREGI | ZSUZSI CSISZ\u00c9R | LAJOS CSONT\u00d3 | ATTILA CS\u00d6RG\u0150 | ESZTER CSURKA | DRM\u00c1RI\u00c1S | S\u00c1RI EMBER | G\u00c1BOR ERD\u00c9LYI | MARCELL ESTERH\u00c1ZY | J\u00c1NOS FAJ\u00d3 | D\u00c9NES FARKAS L\u00c1SZL\u00d3 FEH\u00c9R | ISTV\u00c1N FELSMANN L\u00c1SZL\u00d3 FELUGOSSY | J\u00c1NOS FODOR | MARK FRIDVALSZKI | J\u00d3ZSEF GA\u00c1L | \u00c1RON GALAMBOS | GY\u00d6RGY G\u00c1SP\u00c1R | P\u00c1L GERBER | G\u00c1BOR GERHES | INGO GLASS | HANS-J\u00d6RG GLATTFELDER | KINGA HAJD\u00da | ANDR\u00c1S HAL\u00c1SZ | P\u00c9TER TAM\u00c1S HAL\u00c1SZ | P\u00c9TER HECKER | LEVENTE HERMAN | KATALIN HETEY | TIBOR HORV\u00c1TH | TIBOR ISKI KOCSIS | VERONIKA JAKATICS-SZAB\u00d3 | KATALIN K\u00c1LDI | L\u00c1SZL\u00d3 KAR\u00c1CSONYI | TAM\u00c1S K\u00c1RP\u00c1TI | TAM\u00c1S KASZ\u00c1S | GY\u00d6RGY KEM\u00c9NY | G\u00c1BOR KIR\u00c1LY | CSABA KIS R\u00d3KA | M\u00c1RTA KISS | LITTLE WARSAW | K\u00c1ROLY KLIM\u00d3 | \u00c1D\u00c1M KOKESCH | TAM\u00c1S KOMOR\u00d3CZKY | J\u00c1NOS KORODI | LUCA KORODI | ENDRE KORONCZI | J\u00c1NOS K\u00d3SA | EVA KOT\u00c1TKOV\u00c1 | HANS KOTTER | ALIDA KOV\u00c1CS | ADRI\u00c1N KUPCSIK | ERIK VAN LIESHOUT | LILLA L\u0150RINC | ILONA LOVAS | \u00c9VA MAGYAR\u00d3SI | GOSHKA MACUGA | BENCE MARAFK\u00d3 | MARTIN HENRIK | ZSOLT MARTON | ERIK M\u00c1TRAI | D\u00d3RA MAURER | L\u00d3R\u00c1NT M\u00c9HES | MLADEN MILJANOVIC | P\u00c9TER MOLN\u00c1R | VERA MOLN\u00c1R | JUSTIN MORTIMER | KRISZTA NAGY | CSABA NEMES | M\u00c1RTON NEMES | HAJNAL N\u00c9MEETH| MELITTA N\u00c9METH | RICHARD OROSZ | L\u00c1SZL\u00d3 OTT\u00d3 | G\u00c1BOR \u0150SZ | VITALY PUSHNITSKY | ESZTER RAD\u00c1K | M\u00c1RK RADICS | RANDOMROUTINES | G\u00c1BOR ROSK\u00d3 | EVA SCHLEGEL | L\u00c1SZL\u00d3 SERES | ISTV\u00c1N SINK\u00d3 | EDE SINKOVICS | ESZTER SIPOS | SOCI\u00c9T\u00c9 R\u00c9ALISTE | TAM\u00c1S SO\u00d3S | DANIEL SPOERRI | ATTILA STARK | R\u00d3BERT SWIERKIEWICZ | \u00c1KOS SZAB\u00d3 | OTT\u00d3 SZAB\u00d3 | SZAF | P\u00c9TER SZALAY | P\u00c9TER SZARKA | ZOLT\u00c1N SZEGEDY-MASZ\u00c1K | TAM\u00c1S SZIGETI | KAMILLA SZ\u00cdJ | TAM\u00c1S SZIKORA | J\u00c1NOS SZIRTES | ATTILA SZ\u0170CS | LEVENTE SZ\u0170CS | CLAUDIA TAM\u00c1SI | TARA SORIN | HAJNALKA TARR | THORSTEN RIDELL | ALEXANDER TINEI | G\u00c1BOR T\u00d3TH AKA TGNOISE | KATA TRANKER | CSABA UGL\u00c1R | P\u00c9TER UJH\u00c1ZI | R\u00d3BERT V\u00c1RADY | T\u00cdMEA V\u00c1RHELYI | GYULA V\u00c1RNAI | \u00c1GNES VEREBICS | KATALIN VEREBICS | KATI VILIM | ERZS\u00c9BET VOJNICH | ERWIN WURM | S\u00c1NDOR ZOLT\u00c1N | ILDIK\u00d3 ZSEMLYE<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ el_class=”full-2″][vc_column_text]The acquisition of contemporary works of art by private individuals and the private collections that are created as a result of these initiatives can be seen as complex economic and social undertakings.<\/p>\n
From an economic perspective, the use of private capital to create and build collections \u2013 in the case of contemporary works \u2013 is currently undergoing a multifaceted transformation. From the perspective of the macro-economy and, within it, the art sector \u2013 primarily artists and commercial galleries \u2013 it emerges as a demand that invigorates the arts and inspires supply; from the perspective of the collector, it may prove a prudent investment or an undertaking with a risky outcome (either remunerative only in the long-term or, in a bad case scenario, never).<\/p>\n
From the perspective of society as a whole, collectors and collections that are accessible to the public play a conducive role in stimulating the creation, selection and preservation of cultural-artistic products, and also help further familiarization with and recognition of these works.<\/p>\n
Due to the current protracted financial and societal crisis, it is particularly important to assume this economic and social role. Presently, in the midst of unfavourable circumstances in Hungary from the perspective of contemporary art, for-profit and non-profit private initiatives share in the public duties by supporting the creation and promotion of works of art. Ideally, the activity of the collectors is inseparable from the work of public art institutions. The collaboration of these two complementary domains is inevitable \u2013 the current exhibition at the New Budapest Gallery is an example of one such partnership.<\/p>\n
The motif of personal involvement and investment, so often emphasized by collectors, also has a social implication: namely, it draws attention to the passionate interest in and appreciation of works of art and the acquaintances and often friendships that come into being between artists and collectors, who during the workweek are active in entirely different spheres of life.<\/p>\n
Our exhibition first and foremost calls attention to the indispensable economic roles and the valuable social roles played by collectors of contemporary art in Hungary. The considerations on which the selection was based therefore deviate from customary curatorial exhibitions. The works here have been chosen not to confirm some previously formulated theoretical issue. Rather \u2013 based on works strictly from the period between 2010 and 2014 \u2013 the exhibition seeks to produce a snapshot of the acquisitions of contemporary works by collectors in Hungary. For the visitor, this snapshot will provide the outlines of various definitions of contemporary art that are inherent in each collection, while also illustrating the diversity of their orientations: whether it be an interest in Hungarian or international art or a preference for certain genres and mediums, not to mention the value judgements applied to the works of individual artists.<\/p>\n
We were not intent on influencing, by providing some kind of distinguished \u201cexternal\u201d perspective, the revealing picture with which we were presented \u2013 a picture already structured by the aforementioned factors \u2013 when viewing the Hungarian and international works created over the course of the last five years. Namely, we regard the aspect of investment and patronage as equally legitimate and of equal public interest; collections stylistically homogenous or divergent; collections concentrating exclusively on Hungarian or international contemporary art; adherence to or rejection of current trends; collections cultivated with the assistance of experts or collections based entirely on independent choices.<\/p>\n
When surveying works created between 2010 and 2014 that were made available to us, we strove to organize an exhibition of contemporary art that would simultaneously reflect the character and inherent connections of some of the collections, selecting in some cases uniquely characteristic pieces with which to demonstrate parallels and divergences, but also providing as comprehensive and informative picture of contemporary art as possible, including from the perspective of genres. Due to the disparate scale of acquisitions, the works selected for this exhibition are not displayed according to the individual collections, but rather are organized according to a logic suggested by the works themselves.<\/p>\n
There are well-known, important collections which \u2013 much to our regret \u2013 are not represented in the exhibition: either the owners of the collections failed to respond to our inquiry or, for understandable reasons, they declined our request to participate. In some cases, a given collection did not include any works from the time frame. But it is also possible, of course, that there were significant collections that we failed to notice.<\/p>\n
This exhibition which consists of works found in 38 Hungarian private collections (for reasons mentioned above, by no means with any pretension of comprehensiveness) may be a point of departure or a source of inspiration for future curatorial exhibitions that wish to focus on certain specific issues or subjects. And, last but not least, the current exhibition may kindle interest in contemporary art and the establishment of new collections.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”45px”][vc_single_image image=”18732″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”45px”][vc_single_image image=”18734″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”45px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” template=”ism_template_1″ ism_overlock=”default” sm_d_text=”<\/p>\n
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Contemporaries: Collectors and Artists \u2013 Hungarian and International Art from Private Collections in Hungary, 2010\u20132014 | Photos: J\u00f3zsef Rosta<\/p>\n
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Collections:<\/p>\n
Collection of \u00c1rp\u00e1d Bal\u00e1zs and Andrea D\u00e9nes, Budapest
\nCollection of Dr. Imre Balogh
\nBarab\u00e1s Collection
\nP\u00e9ter Barta Collection
\nBohem Art Hotel Collection
\nB\u00f6hm Collection, Germany
\nCollection of L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Feh\u00e9r
\nFeuer \u2013 Plichta Collection
\nCollection of the First Hungarian Spectacle Repository
\nGerendai Collection
\nGer\u0151 Collection, Budapest
\nHorv\u00e1th Collection
\nG\u00e1bor Hunya Collection
\nInsurart Collection
\nIrok\u00e9z Collection
\nJurecsk\u00f3-Kishonthy Collection
\nKorda \u2013 F\u00f6ld\u00e9nyi Collection
\nKoz\u00e1k \u2013 Stomp Collection
\nKozma \u2013 kArton Collection
\nK. Petrys Collection
\nLudman \u2013 Gyuricsk\u00f3 Collection
\nCollection of Levente M\u00e1lnay B.
\nModern Art Gallery \u2013 Vass Collection
\nMih\u00e1ly Moln\u00e1r Collection
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\nSz\u00f6ll\u0151si-Nagy \u2013 Nemes Collection
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\nP\u00e1lfi Collection
\nRechnitzer Collection
\nCollection of P\u00e9ter Rim\u00e1r
\nCollection of Zsolt Soml\u00f3i and Katalin Spengler
\nSzal\u00f3ky Collection
\nCollection of P\u00e9ter Sz\u00e9p
\nSz\u0171cs Collection
\nCollection of Tam\u00e1s Sz\u0171cs
\nCollection of \u00c1rp\u00e1d T\u00f3th
\nCollection of Csaba T\u00f3th
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Acknowledgements:<\/p>\n
ISTV\u00c1N STEFFANITS | FERENC ELN | S\u00c1NDOR MUR\u00c1NYI | ERN\u0150 SZ\u00c1Z | ANNA VERES | J\u00c1NOS V\u00cdGH | CEC\u00cdLIA G\u00c1SP\u00c1R<\/p>\n
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