Our exhibition entitled Vajda and the Postmodern opened at the Vajda Museum last weekend. The exhibition concludes a four-part series through which we presented the oeuvre of Lajos Vajda.
Museum director Anna Borbély-Tardy gave a welcoming speech at the exhibition, followed by artist Rudolf Pacsika’s reflection on his 2009 sculpture on display in the museum’s courtyard.
At the opening, curator Noémi Szabó gave a short guided tour, during which she explained that as the final stop of the four-part exhibition series, the focus of the Vajda and the Postmodern exhibition is once again on a selection presenting the artist’s defining creative periods. In addition, there will also be an opportunity to present a recently discovered work, a photo montage that has never been seen before.
Recently, a montage related to the French period has been discovered, which also differs from the usual in its choice of subject matter and enriches the interpretation of the oeuvre with new perspectives. The outstanding work was probably made between 1932 and 1933, during Lajos Vajda’s stay in France.
Lajos Vajda’s influence is felt not only on the artists of the European School and the Szentendre generation, but also lives on in many contemporary artists. One of the exhibition’s rooms shows how the various artistic trends that originate from Vajda’s spirit have branched out from the 1980s to the present day. Works by El Kazovskj, Zsófia Szemző, Ákos Birkás and Péter Kovács can also be seen here.
The exhibition is open from Thursday to Sunday until January 3, 2027 at the Vajda Museum.
Photos: Balázs Deim
