Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 16. (Budapest, 1997)
Kiállítások, események 1995-96
on three sides of the central court, and the cupola hall on the second floor. On March 25 the Malmö Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dan-Olof Stenlund, performed Swedish choral works in the midst of the exhibition. An extraordinarily rich selection of brochures was available to the public: in addition to the 160-page catalogue covering the entire design event, there were numerous booklets and leaflets helping visitors to orient themselves in the exhibition. On March 17 Dr. Éva Moskovszky, a wellknown collector of dolls, opened the Japanese Dolls exhibition, which was on show for a month, thanks to the co-operation between the Japan Foundation and the Ferenc Hopp Museum for Eastern Asiatic Art. The specialist Éva Cseh contributed to the staging of the exhibition, and it was she who prepared the Hungarian text for the English-language catalogue illustrated with colour plates. Together with Hungarian artists, two Japanese girls helped visitors to the family event held on March 25 to learn how to make dolls from paper, an activity popular in Japan. The visiting exhibition entitled The Art of Temple Carpenters revealed the distinctive features of traditional Japanese timber-built architecture through the help of models, photographs, slides and videos. The exhibition, which was on display from April 26 until May 28, was opened by the Hungarian architect Imre Makovecz. From May 5 until June 18, visitors to the Museum could admire hats by the Austrian fashion designer Adele List. For the Hungarian public, Gerda Buxbaum selected some 200 exhibits from the collection of the Institut für Kostümkunde in Vienna, all adjusted to the personality of the wearer. On May 30, Gábor Demszky, the mayor of Budapest, opened the exhibition Paradox Glass - Art, in which, at long last, every prominent contemporary Hungarian glass artist was represented, as a result of expert selection of their works by Vera Varga. In the preface to the catalogue Vera Varga gave an outline of Hungarian glass art in the 20th century. After the preface, she devoted a separate page to each artist, providing short biographies of the artists and technical descriptions of their works of art on display in the exhibition. The exhibition closed on September 30. The exhibition entitled The Message of Jewellery - put together from modern "body decorations" by Belgian artists and held under the auspices of the Belgium's French Community along with M. Callebaut, Belgium's ambassador to Hungary - was opened by Katalin Néray, Director of the Ludwig Museum, Budapest. It was open from June 2 until July 15. On June 2, two artists - Christine Keyeux and Dominique Lietaert instructed children in the art of making paper jewellery. Two publications were available on the exhibition. The first was an illustrated catalogue in English and French entitled Bijou-P arure , Parure Bijou; this contained a foreword by Simon de Chastel and short biographies of the exhibiting artists. The second was a version entitled Az ékszerek üzenete (The Message of Jewellery); this was in Hungarian and French, and contained a list of the exhibits. On August 3, the exhibition Time and its Measurement was made memorable by the opening address given by historian of astronomy Aurél Ponori Thewrewk. This was on the level of a scientific lecture. The historical part of the exhibition, which contained sun-dials, sand-clocks and special time-measuring devices from the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts, was arranged by Agnes Prékopa and Ildikó Pandúr. The contemporary material in the exhibition was selected by Hilda Kozári and Zsuzsanna Lovay from the best works entered for the competition announced by Craft Corner on the theme, and from the works of invited artists. The results of the competition were announced at the opening of the exhibition, with Jenő Lévay's "Disposable sand clocks" and József Bevíz's "Binary clock" winning recognition from the jury. On September 23, the closing event of the exhibition featured
