Miklós Erdély

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Miklós Erdély (born July 4, 1928 in Budapest ; † May 22, 1986 there ) was a Hungarian architect who became known as a writer , poet and filmmaker during the 1960s, 70s and early 80s, where he was known as the “father of the new Hungarian Avantgarde ”was celebrated and was considered a multi-talent.

Life

His father, István Erdély, was an architect and painter, his mother, Aranka Óriás, a well-known medium at the time . He had an older brother and three stepbrothers from his mother's previous marriage. After graduating from school in 1946, Erdély studied sculpture, music and architecture at the Budapest Art Academy. He visited u. a. Lectures from Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl and received private lessons from Dezső Bokros Birman .

After completing his studies in 1951, Erdely initially worked in architectural offices. Together with his father, he developed a new masonry technique in the 1950s , which was patented . In 1951 he married the textile artist Zsuzsa Szenes; In 1952 their first son, György, and in 1956 Daniel (the later graphic artist and Spidron inventor Dániel Erdély were born.

Erdély was committed to the victims of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and their families.

In 1963 he traveled through Europe and lived in Paris for six months. His novella Anarchistes à Paris , published in 1965, is based on these experiences.

In 1966 he developed a mosaic photo technique. He also published various essays on the subject of art and art theories. Many of his works were not allowed to be published in Hungary.

From 1975 until his death he led experimental teaching studios and workshops for creative and imagination-forming exercises or interdisciplinary thinking, "which referred to avant-garde artistic processes, new theories of creativity" and "included pedagogical methods influenced by Eastern philosophical traditions . "

The Indigo Group (INDIGO = Inter-Disciplinary-Thinking in Hungarian) emerged from his third course, which he led from 1978 .

Erdély, who had been working with the medium of film since 1968, created his last major work in 1985 with his experimental film Tavaszi kivégzés (Execution in Spring).

Exhibitions and participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 1971: Biennale de Paris , Paris.
  • 1971: Art Zone. First independent producer fair , Munich.
  • 1973–1974: Aspects of Hedendaagse Hongaarse Art , Utrecht, Leeuwarden, Arnhem, Hoogeveen.
  • 1974: Festival Húngaro 1974 , CAYC (Centro de Arte y Comunicación), Buenos Aires.
  • 1974: 4th Rysunku Triennial , Muzeum Architektury, Breslau.
  • 1976: Najnowsza Sztuka Wegierska , Galeria Sztuki Najnowszej, Breslau.
  • 1977: Eastern European Konceptuele Fotografie , Eindhoven University of Technology .
  • 1978: Oosteuropese Konkrete en Visuele Poëzie , Van Gogh Museum , Amsterdam.
  • 1978: I am. Performance. International Artists' Meeting , Galeria Remont, Warsaw.
  • 1979: European Dialogue, Biennale of Sydney 3 , Art Gallery of New South Wales , Sydney.
  • 1979: Works and Words , De Appel , Amsterdam.
  • 1980: Textiles Without Textiles (individual artist contributions) . Artpool, Gyorgy Galantai, Budapest.
  • 1999: Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s – 1980s , Queens Museum of Art , New York.
  • 2001: The Art of Eastern Europe , Modern Gallery, Laibach.

literature

  • Annamária Szőke: The present of the future. A mystery. Science within art in the work of Miklós Erdély . In: Acta historiae artium Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae . 39.1997, pp. 197-221.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Spidrons Dániel Erdély )
  2. ↑ http://www.kunstaspekte.de/miklos-erdely/
  3. ^ Works and Words , De Appel, Amsterdam, September 20-30, 1979.
personal data
SURNAME Erdély, Miklós
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian architect and artist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1986
Place of death Budapest