| Andreas Fogarasi: Vasarely Go Home Contributor(s): Fogarasi, Andreas, Zólyom, Franciska (Editor), Schaschl, Sabine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3944669541 ISBN-13: 9783944669540 Publisher: Spector Books OUR PRICE: $26.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Contemporary (1945- ) - Art | Individual Artists - Artists' Books - Art | Individual Artists - Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Vasarely Go Home Andreas Fogarasi investigates a double event that took place in Budapest on October 18th, 1969. Opening that day, Victor Vasarely, the internationally renowned artist of Hungarian origin, had a large retrospective exhibition at the M csarnok/Kunsthalle in Budapest. While Hungarian avant-garde art of that time was forbidden or at best tolerated by the authorities, Vasarely's exhibition--organised by official cultural politics--became an important public event attracting a huge number of visitors. Because of these double standards at play, the show was met with both high expectations and scepticism from the local artistic scene. The second--undocumented--event taking place that evening during the exhibition opening was a one-person protest by artist J nos Major. He carried a small sign in his pocket that he discreetly showed to friends and acquaintances when he encountered them in the crowd. The sign read Vasarely Go Home. |
