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Daily News Daily News · 13/05/2017
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Hungarian pavilion opens at Venice Biennale – Photos

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Velence, 2017. május 12. Érdeklõdõk Várnai Gyula Peace on Earth! (Békét a világnak!) címû kiállításán az 57. Velencei Képzõmûvészeti Biennálé magyar pavilonjában 2017. május 12-én. A kiállítás kurátora Petrányi Zsolt mûvészettörténész. MTI Fotó: Czeglédi Zsolt

Venice (MTI) – The Hungarian pavilion opened at the 57th Venice Biennale on Friday with Gyula Várnai’s exhibition titled “Peace on Earth!”.

The installation is an English reconstruction of a giant neon sign reading “Békét a világnak!” (Peace on Earth!), which crowned the highest building of central Hungary’s Dunaujvaros, a “socialist model city” during the Communist era. Other objects also draw on the science-fiction culture of the 60-70s to address current dilemmas.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog said that the motto is particularly relevant in times of turmoil. By using artefacts of the historical past in a contemporary context, art provokes but also helps to understand our common past and future better, he said.

Photo: MTI

Photo: MTI

National commissioner Júlia Fabényi, director of the Budapest Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, noted that Várnai’s project, curated by Zsolt Petrányi, was chosen by the jury for its relevant message to the Biennale’s audience.

For the first time in several decades, Hungarian works of art, ones by Tibor Hajas and Attila Csorgo, will feature at the central exhibition of the Venice Biennale, starting on May 13.

The 57th International Art Exhibition, entitled Viva Arte Viva! (Long live the living arts!), will be open to the public until November 26, with 85 countries participating.

United Kingdom – Damien Hirst, photo: MTI

Brazil – Ernesto Neto, photo: MTI

Russia – Irina Korina, photo: MTI

Japan – Ivaszaki Takahiro, photo: MTI

Italy – Roberto Cuoghi, photo: MTI

Argentina – Claudia Fonte, photo: MTI

Venice, photo: MTI

Photo: MTI

Photo: MTI

Source: MTI

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