Vadas József (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 11. (Budapest, 1991)

Events 1990

EVENTS 1990 The year 1990 undoubtedly brought important developments in Hungary. With the change of the political system, however, budgetary restrictions were introduced. The Museum needed to mobilize its last financial resources in order to continue the rich programme of the previous years, together with its wide range of exhibitions and publications. These years of success were also marked by remarkable acquisitions by way of purchase or donation. The spring project started late; nevertheless, both events of this season were noteworthy. The exhibition FROM HEAD TO FOOT. BRITISH FASHION OF THE EIGHTIES, which opened on April 20, lasted for a month. It was organized by the British Council and especially honoured by a visit from HRH The Princess of Wales, who was paying an official visit to Hungary with HRH The Prince of Wales. A fashion show was organized on the occasion of her visit to the Museum. The GLASS ART IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1945-1989 exhibition was open to the public from June 8 to August 21. The exhibition was the modern section of a larger one which had earlier enjoyed great popularity at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. This presentation of products of the world famous Czechoslovakian glass industry was organized by Sylva Petrova from Prague's Museum of Applied Arts; an interstate agreement between Hungary and Czechoslovakia resulted in the exhibition coming to Budapest. In autumn, a new venture was launched by the Museum of Eastern-Asiatic Arts in the form of a series introducing the ART OF BUDDHISM. As the first part of the series, LAMAIST STATUETTES were exhibited, most of which came from China, Nepal, Tibet, and Mongolia. Two beautiful pieces from among the statnettes exhibited had already been published by Judit Vinkovics, one of the organizers, in Ars Decorativa No. 10. /The other organizer of the exhibition was Béla Kelényi, a young searcher into Oriental Studies./ The exhibition dren many visitors, proving that there is a real interest among the public in Oriental civilizations. Another guest exhibition, which was open from October 6 to November 6, was brought to Budapest (with the help of the French Institute) by VIA, a French decorative arts organization. Entitled IMAGINARY FURNITURE this had previously visited Vienna and Prague, introducing the most extending personalities in today's French furniture design. The particular and individual postmodern pieces proved to be something really new, even for the West European public; the exhibition was opened by Imre Bak, an leading Hungarian avantgarde painter who teaches at the College of Applied Arts. For years, the leading expert venture of the Museum has been an exhibition series concerning the PERIODS IN EUROPEAN