Out of the Museum and into the Street

When the Iron Curtain fell in Hungary in 1989, the potential of revolutionary upheaval of which Hungary had in the past had ample – think 1848, 1956 – also seemed exhausted. Until, that is, Viktor Orbán and his national-conservative Fidesz party came to power in 2010, since when they have been pushing through ruthless reforms to rebuild the state, constitution and society in a manner which brooks no dissenting opinion, let alone criticism or contradiction. Meanwhile, the new rulers’ attacks have also reached the institutions of visual art, for example Budapest’s arts centre / Mucsarnok and the Ludwig Museum. The artists’ resistance has formed above all in the Szabad Muvészek / Free Artists initiative. The exhibition curated by Adele Eisenstein for the Pavelhaus is now showcasing the latest works from this setting, contrasting them with oppositional works from the days of the communist regime.

Kuratorin / Kurator: Adele Eisenstein
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Elisabeth Arlt
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: David Kranzelbinder
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Erika Baglyas
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Gabriella Csoszó
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Freedoc
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Miklós Erdély
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Borsos Lorinc
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Tibor Horvát
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: András Király
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Szabolcs Kisspál
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Szabad Muvészek
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Free Artists
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Csaba Nemes
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Ilona Németh
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Gyula Pauer
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Sándor Pincehélyi
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Tamás Szentjóby
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: János Sugár
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Kívül Tágas
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Outer Space
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Endre Tót