Technocool : new trends in Hungarian art in the nineties, 1989-2001
TitleTechnocool : new trends in Hungarian art in the nineties, 1989-2001
Author
Year of publication2023
Size307 p.: ill.: 28 x 25 cm
Materialhardcover boek, tentoonstellingscatalogus
Series titlePublications of the Hungarian National Gallery, 0864-7291; 2023/3
ISBN978-615-6595-22-5
LanguageEngels
Subjectgroepstentoonstellingen
Geographical keywordHongarije
Persons keyword Gábor Bódy, Marianne Csáky, János Sugár, Miklós Erdély, László Beke, Tamás Szentjóby, Dóra Maurer, Gyula Július, Ákos Birkás, Zsigmond Károlyi, György Jovánovics, Tamás Körösényi, Tamás Soós, Gábor Bachman, Pál Gerber, Lajos Csontó, Balázs Kicsiny, Gyula Várnai, Zoltán Adám, András Ravasz, István Szili, Péter Szarka, Gábor Farkas, Emese Benczúr, Adi & Muntean Rosenblum, Marcus, Csaba Nemes, Antal Lakner, Rudolf Pacsika, Dezsó Szabó, András Király, Tibor iski Kocsis, Tibor Gyenis, Kriszta Nagy, Tamás Komoróczky, Endre Koronczi, Ferenc Varga, Gábor Gerhes, Ágnes Uray - Szépfalvi, Mariann Imre, Kinga Hajdú, Ágnes Eperjesi, Cindy Sherman, Balázs Beöthy, Pipilotti Rist, Csaba Uglár, Róbert Ferenczi, Júlia Vécsei, Adrián Kupcsik, Hajnal Németh, Andreas Gursky, Gábor Bakos, Imre Weber, Ákos Wechter, Matthew Barney, János Kósa, László Gyõrffy, Éva Köves, András Braun, Attila Szücs, Gábor Erdélyi, András Gál, Attila Csörgö, Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák, András Szigeti, Szacsva y Pál, BIG HOPE, Eike Berg, Róza El-Hassan, Little Warsaw
ShelfmarkB 2032/243
Abstract
The exhibition TechnoCool explores the way of thinking of the generation of artists, who started their career in the 1990s and who felt liberated by the economic-cultural openness after the change in the political system. The revolutionising spirit of electronic music, DJ culture, and the new visuality of parties served as key inspiration, manifesting in the visual language of the works and the issues addressed by them. The displayed works by more than fifty artists showcase the development of different media – paintings, readymades, photographs, prints, videos, and, to a lesser extent, computer-based art – in the nineties.
The Hungarian artists featured at the exhibition saw art as a new opportunity for self-expression during the nineties. Besides the traditional media of art, the possibilities provided by new visual tools, image editing programmes, and computers served as new forms of self-definition for an entire generation. The sections of the thematical exhibition showcase subjects that feel fresh and relavant from today’s perspective. The international context is created by showing works of foreign artists who exerted major influence in Hungary in the period: Muntean/Rosenbloom, Pippilotti Rist, Cindy Sherman, Andreas Gursky, and Matthew Barney, who was filming in Budapest at the time. The artworks evoking an exciting visual world, which has retained its novel feel to this day, can be seen in a spectacular interior together with several music, video, and educational installations.