English-language guided tour by curator Tamás Don at the exhibition MODEM 20: Selections from the MODEM Collection

About the exhibition:

Founded in 2006, the MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The concept of the exhibition reflects on this milestone occasion.

Since its inception, collaboration with Debrecen’s cultural and educational institutions has been of central importance to MODEM. To mark the anniversary, we invited twenty partner organizations from Debrecen, with whom we have worked over the past two decades, to select a work from our collection that they consider particularly significant and to provide a short statement of up to 1,500 characters explaining their choice.

Through this anniversary exhibition, we aim not only to showcase the cultural diversity of Debrecen but also to present a kaleidoscopic view of the artworks in our collection through the perspectives of our partner institutions.

In the second section of the exhibition, we present works by artists who have been connected to MODEM in various ways, for example through previous exhibitions, but whose works we have not previously had the opportunity to acquire for the collection.

 

Exhibiting Artists:

Balogh Kristóf József, Mária Berhidi, Ákos Birkás, Loránd Bögös, Imre Bukta, Centrala (Małgorzata Kuciewicz & Simone De Iacobis), Balázs Csizik, Daniel Godínez Nivón, Miklós Erhardt, Mátyás Erményi, Miklós Ganczaugh, Pál Gerber, Kitti Gosztola, Ferenc Gróf, Sándor Imreh, Richárd Kiss, Katalin Kortmann-Járay & Karina Mendreczky, Gábor Kristóf, Csilla Nagy, Norbert Oláh, Rudolf Pacsika, Péter Pettendi-Szabó, Société Réaliste, Luca Rózsa, Ádám Szabó, Lilla Szász, Lenke Szilágyi, Lilla Váczi, Ottó Vincze, Wiosna van Bon

 

Partners Who Selected Works from the MODEM Collection:
Alföld Literary, Art and Critical Review – Dr János Áfra, poet and editor
Antal–Lusztig Collection – Dr Péter Antal, collector
Campus Festival – András Süli, Programme Director
University of Debrecen Botanical Garden – Dr Attila Takács, Director
University of Debrecen, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Hungarian Literature and Cultural Studies – Dr Gergely Tamás Fazakas, Director
University of Debrecen, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Media and Library Sciences, Department of Communication and Media Studies – Prof. Dr Sándor Kálai, Head of Department
University of Debrecen, Faculty of Humanities, Arts Centre – Dr Zsigmond Lakó, Director
University of Debrecen, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture – János Vági DLA, Head of Department
University of Debrecen, Department of Sociology and Social Policy – Prof. Dr Ibolya Czibere, Head of Department; Dr Noémi Loncsák, Assistant Lecturer
Museum of the Reformed College of Debrecen – Dr Dániel Veress, Museologist
Déri Museum – Anna Viola Szabó, Senior Museologist and Photo Historian
Kós Károly Secondary School of Art and Dormitory – Margit Kozmáné Lőrincz, Deputy Director General
KULTer.hu – Barnabás Pótor, Senior Editor
Ferenc Medgyessy Grammar School, Secondary School of Art and Technical School – János László, Deputy Director General
Méliusz Juhász Péter Library – Dr Béla Lóránt Kovács, Director
Vojtina Puppet Theatre – Terka Láposi, Director and Artistic Director
Municipality of Debrecen – Dr István Puskás, Deputy Mayor for Cultural Affairs
Municipality of Debrecen – Dr István Gábor, Chief Architect
Most Recent Recipient of the MODEM Award – Nóra Juhász, visual artist
MODEM Season Ticket Owners

 

We look forward to welcoming all interested visitors!
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Please note that by attending the event, visitors acknowledge and accept that audio and visual recordings can be made during the programme and used by MODEM for promotional purposes across its communication platforms.