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Ludwig Goes Pop + The East Side Story
October 9 2015 – January 3 2016, Start and end datesBěla Kolářová
Stano Filko
Július Koller
Alex Mlynárčik
Jana Želibská
Juraj Bartusz
Rudolf Sikora
Sándor Pinczehelyi
Endre Tót
Deszö Korniss
Ilona Keserü
The art collection brought together by Peter and Irene Ludwig is the foundation of all Ludwig Museums. Perhaps the most well-known and famous part of this collection is the body of artworks that represents the period of Pop Art. The exhibition is partly realized as a collaboration of the Ludwig Museums; prior to the Budapest show, it was on display at the Ludwig Museums of Cologne and then Vienna. In the Budapest version, the exhibition is complemented with works by Hungarian and East-European artists (Ilona Keserü, Gyula Konkoly, László Lakner, Siskov Ludmil, Zsuzsa Szenes, Boris Bućan, Vera Fischer, Tomislav Gotovac, Dušan Otašević, Sanja Iveković, Běla Kolářová, Jana Želibská, Natalia LL, Stano Filko, Julius Koller, Marko Pogačnik, etc.). On the one hand, these pieces are based on the use of everyday objects in the period, and on the other hand, they provide a line-up of local cultural references. Indirectly, the exhibition also explores how the notions of “Western” art history can be interpreted in a context where the social and cultural conditions for the emergence of this tendency were fundamentally different from the original scenes where Pop Art had been created.
Curatorial concept: Katalin Timár
Curated by: Soma Bradák, Viktória Popovics, Katalin Timár