Pop up exhibition on 24 June 2018, in the public spaces of Szentendre

Half a century ago, young self-taught visual artists decided to create an exhibition space for themselves and for their peers out in the open, on Szendendre’s Church Hill. This was one of the most important gestures of the period: as the Hungarian term for “plein air” (“szabadtéri”) incorporates the words “free” and “space”, a real perspective for freedom was thus established in a single-party state dictatorship by turning the term into a political slogan while completely stripping it of its original meaning.
For us, Art Capital organizers, this tradition is of special importance as it signifies the common thread that connects freedom and art. We believe that, whatever restrictions are imposed on us, we can always create freedom within the space we still have, and that the expression of this freedom is of fundamental value. We have asked numerous visual artists who share our views to bring to Szentendre a work they deem important and exhibit it under the open sky on this day – thus paying homage to the tradition of the Szentendre Plein Air Exhibition.