EXHIBITION

Hungarian and International Art from Private Collections in Hungary 2010-2014

NEW BUDAPEST GALLERY, Budapest, Budapest, 12/19/2014 - 03/01/2015

Fővám tér 11-12

ABOUT

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.

From an economic perspective, the use of private capital to create and build collections – in the case of contemporary works – is currently undergoing a multifaceted transformation. From the perspective of the macro-economy and, within it, the art sector – primarily artists and commercial galleries – 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).

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.

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 – the current exhibition at the New Budapest Gallery is an example of one such partnership.

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.

CURATORS

Gábor ANDRÁSI, Tamás TÖRÖK, Ágnes KONKOLY, Zsuzsanna SZEGEDY-MASZÁK

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

István STEFFANITS, Sándor MURÁNYI, Ferenc ELN, Ernő SZÁZ, Anna VERES, János VÍGH, Cecília GÁSPÁR.

 

Special thanks to Katalin SPENGLER.

ARTISTS

Zoltán Ádám | Ádám Albert | Teodora Axente | Márton Barabás | Zsombor Barakonyi | András b. Baranyai | Róbert Batykó | Ervin Békési | Emese Benczúr | Kata Bereczki | András Bernát | Krisztina Bognár | János Borsos | Róbert Borsos | Péter Botos | Imre Bukta | József Bullás | Márta Czene | Ákos Czigány | István Csákány | Szilárd Cseke | Balázs Csepregi | Zsuzsi Csiszér | Lajos Csontó | Attila Csörgő | Eszter Csurka | drMáriás | Sári Ember | Gábor Erdélyi | Marcell Esterházy | János Fajó | Dénes Farkas László Fehér | István Felsmann László feLugossy | János Fodor | Mark Fridvalszki | József Gaál | Áron Galambos | György Gáspár | Pál Gerber | Gábor Gerhes | Ingo Glass | Hans-Jörg Glattfelder | Kinga Hajdú | András Halász | Péter Tamás Halász | Péter Hecker | Levente Herman | Katalin Hetey | Tibor Horváth | Tibor Iski Kocsis | Veronika Jakatics-Szabó | Katalin Káldi | László Karácsonyi | Tamás Kárpáti | Tamás Kaszás | György Kemény | Gábor Király | Csaba Kis Róka | Márta Kiss | Little Warsaw | Károly Klimó | Ádám Kokesch | Tamás Komoróczky | János Korodi | Luca Korodi | Endre Koronczi | János Kósa | Eva Kotátková | Hans Kotter | Alida Kovács | Adrián Kupcsik | Erik van Lieshout | Lilla Lőrinc | Ilona Lovas | Éva Magyarósi | Goshka Macuga | Bence Marafkó | Martin Henrik | Zsolt Marton | Erik Mátrai | Dóra Maurer | Lóránt Méhes | Mladen Miljanovic | Péter Molnár | Vera Molnár | Justin Mortimer | Kriszta Nagy | Csaba Nemes | Márton Nemes | Hajnal Némeeth| Melitta Németh | Richard Orosz | László Ottó | Gábor Ősz | Vitaly Pushnitsky | Eszter Radák | Márk Radics | Randomroutines | Gábor Roskó | Eva Schlegel | László Seres | István Sinkó | Ede Sinkovics | Eszter Sipos | Société Réaliste | Tamás Soós | Daniel Spoerri | Attila Stark | Róbert Swierkiewicz | Ákos Szabó | Ottó Szabó | SZAF | Péter Szalay | Péter Szarka | Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák | Tamás Szigeti | Kamilla Szíj | Tamás Szikora | János Szirtes | Attila Szűcs | Levente Szűcs | Claudia Tamási | Tara Sorin | Hajnalka Tarr | Thorsten Ridell | Alexander Tinei | Gábor Tóth aka tgnoise | Kata Tranker | Csaba Uglár | Péter Ujházi | Róbert Várady | Tímea Várhelyi | Gyula Várnai | Ágnes Verebics | Katalin Verebics | Kati Vilim | Erzsébet Vojnich | Erwin Wurm | Sándor Zoltán | Ildikó Zsemlye

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