Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1988. január-június (42. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)
1988-05-19 / 20. szám
Thursday, May 19. 1988. AMERIKAI MAGYAR SZO 11. KALMAN The story of Kalman Kubinyi reminds us of another leading artist, Hugo Gellert. Both were of course Hungarian-Americans. Both where active in the working class and trade union movements, both were artists of the highest calibre. Both were part of the W.P.A. Art Project. We did not know about Kalman Kubinyi because he lived and worked in Cleveland, Ohio, not a famous city of the artistic world. He became director of the Cleveland Arts Project. His specialty was printmaking and he studied every aspect of it, woodblock, embossing, linoleumcut, etching, stencil, aquatint, etc. In addition to the printmaking he reached out to educate the public. Organized exhibitions as a teaching tool and he was conscious of printmaking as an economical way for the public to appreciate art. One exhibition in 1939 was at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The same year several of his works were exhibited at the Whitney Museum and the New York World's Fair. At no time was there any rest from the harrassment of the Neanderthal redbaiters. His work has the simplicity and clarity of Rafael Soyer. He always was aware The Hungarian Post Office marks a number of top sports events with a commemorative stamp, series or block. One hit was the series and block for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. (At least the stamps were good, even if Hungarian football left something to be desired.) There were 6 denominations., each designed by Ferenc Swindt showing a different football scene, with the happy winner on the block. The Hungarian Olympic Committee celebrated its 90th birthday in 1985, and that was the occasion for a Ft 20 block. Designer Pal Varga had the novel idea of showing the different phases of the long jump on the stamps. In the same year there was a Ft 2 commemorative for the European Boxing Championships in Budapest, showing two boxers in action. The design was by András Andor. The International Youth Year, 1985 again, inspired a series of seven bright, bold compositions from András Forgács. Each stamp had a sports theme of particular appeal to young people: women's football, aerobic, windsurfing, gocart racing, karate, hang gliding, and girls on skateboards. Hungarian stamps of all kinds can be bought from the Filatélia shops in Budapest (VI., November 7 tér 3, and V., Petőfi S. u. 16). For dealers the address is Philatelia Hungarica, Budapest, Pf. 600, H-1373. In addition, there are number of small stamp shop in Budapest and other cities. However, visitors should note that a permit from the National Bank of Hungary is needed to take the stamps bought abroad. Dr. Konrad Nemesi KUBINYI Worker. of his origins. His work is worth remembering wherever working people discuss art and what it means. He died in September 1973 at the age of 67. BIO BREAKFAST Health food fans will find just the right things for starting the day at the Atrium Hyatt Budapest Hotel, which has introduced what they call a bio breakfast. A partnership called Natura, Hungary's apostles of healthy eating, have helped the hotel to check and acquire the organic ingredients, free of chemicals and preservatives. All guests at the hotel can opt for bio as the second B of their B and B; it's included in the price of the accomodation. Those staying elsewhere can pop in for a bio breakfast too, at Ft 350 (c. US $7) a head. The bio breakfast is served in the leafy environment of the atrium (enclosed courtyard) between 7 and 10 in the morning. There's a display table showing the ample selection, and bills of fare in English, German and Hungarian. Some of the delicacies; sweet barley salad, broccoli salad with soya beans, celery coctail, muesli with carrots, and rice pudding with fruit. After a breakfast of wholemeal cereal, fresh vegetables and fruit, a glass of milk or fresh fruit juice is the right thing. Incidentally, those who like regular salads will find a crispy salad bar on the terrace open all day. <Bitf amt' ^Pieces "Make everything short," the man tells the barber. "What do you mean by everything?" "My hair and your comments." Question •% "Daddy! Daddy! What did moths eat before people began wearing clothes?" Hungarian Electronics Show NEW DELHI. A Hungarian electronics exhibition opened here on April 11 as part of an Indian-Hungarian initiative to boost trade and intensify cooperation in electronics between the two countries. India would like to increase its electronics trade with Hungary to about Rs. 600 million ($47 million) by 1990, K.P.P. Nam- biar, secretary in the Department of Electronics, said at a press conference shortly after inaugurating the exhibition. Trade in electronics between the two countries last year was valued at Rs. 100 million. Several Items Identified Several possible areas for cooperation and items for export have already been identified, Nambiar said, and Hungary has shown interest in jointly developing software. Some items that could be exported from India are computer peripherals, printers, electronic components and television picture tubes, he said. The latter are high on the priority list of Hungarian imports from India, Kőveskuti, a member of the Hungarian Parliament, said. Hungary needs about 300,000 picture tubes a year, he added. An Offer to Buy Hungary has already offered to import oscilloscopes and digital multimeters from India. "We would like to look for possible collaboration in microelectronics," Köves- kuti said. The Indian-Hungarian initiative to increase electronics cooperation began formally last October with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two countries. An Indian exhibition was held in Budapest in December. The current four-day Hungarian exhibition is being held on a reciprocal basis. In the exhibition, 19 participating Hungarian companies are displaying nearly 500 products. Some are items used in medical electronics, microprocessor control equipment, transceivers and measuring instruments. Coca-Cola reps ended their first day in Budapest up in Buda Castle, after a sightseeing tour by coach. Thay had Tunch aboard the good ship "Táncsics", lulled by the waves of the Danube, and then a stroll through the downtown streets. In the evening there were four restaurants to choose between: the Bellevue, the Ala- bárdos (Halberdier), the Legrádi and the Vadrózsa (Wild Rose) before the company met again at the Gerbeaud patisserie for champagne and dessert. Next morning a horse show at Lajosmizse and a snack at the Tanyacsárda (Homestead Inn) there gave an insight into Hungarian esprit. In the afternoon, it was Budapest again: a concert by the Budapest Strings, at the Vigadó, near to their hotel (the Forum), and dinner at the fin-de-siecle Gundel Restaurant. No wonder Mr. Atchinson, senior vice-president at Coca-Cola's US corporate headquarters, remarked, "The Ibusz programme was extremely rich."
