Paradoks kłamcy i totalitarna prawda
The Paradox of the Liar and the Totalitarian Truth

Art Under a Dangerous Word

Summary/Abstract: The text analyses contemporary subversive Hungarian art and its critical view of the government. Key processes framing the meaning of interpretive work in this context include, on the one hand, the financial crisis that hit Hungary in a particularly acute way; on the other, the attempt by Fidesz and Viktor Orbán to symbolically annex the semantic field of transformation. The text provides a chronology of resistance and artistic events, such as the series of exhibitions, lectures and discussions organized by a WHW collective (What, How & For Whom) and the Centre for Monitoring Right-wing Extremism and Anti-democratic Tendencies, "Art Under a Dangerous Star – The Responsibility of Art", Szabolc KissPál’s website – NEMMA, the emergence of the group of Free Artists (Shabad Művészek), the occupation of the Museum Ludwig, the actions in defense of the independence of Műcsarnok undertaken by the Outer Space Projects and the series of exhibitions "Private Nationalisms".

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