TECHNOCOOL
HUNGARIAN NATIONAL GALLERY, BUDAPEST
OCT 27, 2023 – FEB 11, 2024

THE EXHIBITION TITLED TECHNOCOOL EXPLORES THE WAY OF THINKING OF THE GENERATION OF ARTISTS, WHO STARTED THEIR CAREER IN THE 1990S AND WHO FELT LIBERATED BY THE ECONOMIC-CULTURAL OPENNESS AFTER THE CHANGE IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM. THE DISPLAYED WORKS BY MORE THAN FIFTY ARTISTS SHOWCASE THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFERENT MEDIA – PAINTINGS, READYMADES, PHOTOGRAPHS, PRINTS, VIDEOS, AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, COMPUTER-BASED ART – IN THE NINETIES. THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT IS CREATED BY SHOWING WORKS OF FOREIGN ARTISTS WHO EXERTED MAJOR INFLUENCE IN HUNGARY IN THE PERIOD: MUNTEAN/ROSENBLUM, PIPPILOTTI RIST, CINDY SHERMAN, ANDREAS GURSKY, AND MATTHEW BARNEY.

CURATORS OF THE EXHIBITION: KATALIN HARANGOZÓ, SÁRA MAJOR, ZSOLT PETRÁNYI,
LINDA ALEXANDRA TARR