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| − | + | '''László Beke''' (1944, Szombathely) is an art historian and curator who has been a leading figure in | |
| + | the Hungarian art field since the late 1960s. He was an active contributor to the development of the neo-avant-garde and Conceptual art in Hungary, and wrote important articles about the theory of photography. | ||
| − | + | Beke studied art history at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. From 1969-86 he was a research fellow in art history at the Research Institute for Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. | |
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| + | In 1971, he initiated the project ''WORK=the DOCUMENTATION OF THE IMAGINATION/IDEA'' by sending a call to twenty-eight contemporary Hungarian artists—including [[Miklós Erdély]], [[Tamás St. Turba]], [[Endre Tót]], and others—asking them to submit A4-sized works on paper in response to the concept of the work’s title. Beke arranged and preserved the sheets in folders, which have been available for viewing over the last forty years in his apartment and only rarely in exhibitions. A comprehensive selection of these documents was published in 2008 and 2014. | ||
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| + | In the 1990s, due to his status as an expert of Eastern European art, he curated shows that represented the region's Conceptualisms, such as the exhibition ''Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s'', at the Queens Museum in New York in 1999. | ||
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| + | He had been teaching at the University of Lyon 2 – Louis Lumiere (1988-89) and was Chief Curator of the 19th and 20th Centuries collections of the Hungarian National Gallery (1988-95) and General Director of Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle in Budapest (1995-2000). From 2000-12, Beke was Director of the Research Institute of Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. He is Professor at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and teaches in several Hungarian institutions. Ex-Member of the Hungarian National Committee of Art History and of AICA. | ||
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| + | He lives in [[Budapest]]. | ||
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| + | ==Works== | ||
| + | * with Zsuzsa Varga, ''Kozma Lajos'', Budapest, 1968. {{hu}} | ||
| + | * ''Schaár Erzsébet'', Budapest, 1973. {{hu}} | ||
| + | * ''Moholy-Nagy László munkássága'', Budapest, 1980. {{hu}} | ||
| + | * ''Jovánovics'', Budapest, 1980. {{hu}} | ||
| + | * ''Sodronyzománcos ötvösművek'', Budapest, 1980. {{hu}} | ||
| + | * ''Für ein “musée imaginaire” des Spiegels'', Duisburg: Wilhelm-Lembruck-Museum, 1982. {{de}} | ||
| + | * ''Műalkotások elemzése'', Budapest, 1986. {{hu}} | ||
| + | * ''Művészet/elmélet. Tanulmányok 1970-1991'', Budapest, 1994. {{hu}} | ||
| + | * ''Médium/elmélet. Tanulmányok 1972-1992'', Budapest, 1997. {{hu}} | ||
| + | * ''Képkorbácsolás. Hajas Tibor Vető Jánossal készített fotói'', MTA Művészettörténeti Kutatóintézet, Budapest, 2004. {{hu}} | ||
| + | * Budapest: Open Structures Society & tranzit. hu, 2008. {{hu}} | ||
| + | ** ''Imagination/Idea. The Beginning of Hungarian Conceptual Art. The László Beke Collection, 1971'', eds. Dóra Hegyi, Zsuzsa László and Eszter Szakács, Budapest: tranzit.hu, and Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2014, 368 pp. [http://hu.tranzit.org/en/event/0/2015-04-08/imagination-idea-the-beginning-of-hungarian-conceptual-art-the-laszlo-beke-collection-vienna Book launch at Secession Vienna], [http://hu.tranzit.org/en/event/0/2015-05-07/imagination-idea-the-beginning-of-hungarian-conecptual-art-book-launch Book launch at tranzit.hu], [http://www.thenextlayer.org/node/1320 Report by Medosch]. {{en}} | ||
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| + | ==Links== | ||
| + | * [http://artportal.hu/lexikon/muveszettorteneszek/beke-laszlo--dr- Profile on ArtPortal.hu] | ||
Revision as of 11:06, 3 December 2015
László Beke (1944, Szombathely) is an art historian and curator who has been a leading figure in the Hungarian art field since the late 1960s. He was an active contributor to the development of the neo-avant-garde and Conceptual art in Hungary, and wrote important articles about the theory of photography.
Beke studied art history at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. From 1969-86 he was a research fellow in art history at the Research Institute for Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
In 1971, he initiated the project WORK=the DOCUMENTATION OF THE IMAGINATION/IDEA by sending a call to twenty-eight contemporary Hungarian artists—including Miklós Erdély, Tamás St. Turba, Endre Tót, and others—asking them to submit A4-sized works on paper in response to the concept of the work’s title. Beke arranged and preserved the sheets in folders, which have been available for viewing over the last forty years in his apartment and only rarely in exhibitions. A comprehensive selection of these documents was published in 2008 and 2014.
In the 1990s, due to his status as an expert of Eastern European art, he curated shows that represented the region's Conceptualisms, such as the exhibition Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s, at the Queens Museum in New York in 1999.
He had been teaching at the University of Lyon 2 – Louis Lumiere (1988-89) and was Chief Curator of the 19th and 20th Centuries collections of the Hungarian National Gallery (1988-95) and General Director of Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle in Budapest (1995-2000). From 2000-12, Beke was Director of the Research Institute of Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. He is Professor at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and teaches in several Hungarian institutions. Ex-Member of the Hungarian National Committee of Art History and of AICA.
He lives in Budapest.
Works
- with Zsuzsa Varga, Kozma Lajos, Budapest, 1968. (Hungarian)
- Schaár Erzsébet, Budapest, 1973. (Hungarian)
- Moholy-Nagy László munkássága, Budapest, 1980. (Hungarian)
- Jovánovics, Budapest, 1980. (Hungarian)
- Sodronyzománcos ötvösművek, Budapest, 1980. (Hungarian)
- Für ein “musée imaginaire” des Spiegels, Duisburg: Wilhelm-Lembruck-Museum, 1982. (German)
- Műalkotások elemzése, Budapest, 1986. (Hungarian)
- Művészet/elmélet. Tanulmányok 1970-1991, Budapest, 1994. (Hungarian)
- Médium/elmélet. Tanulmányok 1972-1992, Budapest, 1997. (Hungarian)
- Képkorbácsolás. Hajas Tibor Vető Jánossal készített fotói, MTA Művészettörténeti Kutatóintézet, Budapest, 2004. (Hungarian)
- Budapest: Open Structures Society & tranzit. hu, 2008. (Hungarian)
- Imagination/Idea. The Beginning of Hungarian Conceptual Art. The László Beke Collection, 1971, eds. Dóra Hegyi, Zsuzsa László and Eszter Szakács, Budapest: tranzit.hu, and Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2014, 368 pp. Book launch at Secession Vienna, Book launch at tranzit.hu, Report by Medosch. (English)
