Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 17. (Budapest, 1998)
New acquisitions 1997
Caterpiller-soled shoes (prototype), a pair Judit Pinviczki, 1997 Uppers leather, soles stained wood elements fastened together with hinges and flexible steel bands Height: 19 cm; length: 26 cm Judit Pinviczki is an outstandingly talented representative of the very youngest generation of Hungarian applied artists. She has won a number of prizes in applied arts competitions at home and abroad. In her latest creations, which range from shoes to small pieces of furniture, she experiments with different ways of stitching strips of leather. She dealt with this theme in her master-diploma work in 1997. One chapter, or rather one group of objects, in this consisted of "caterpiller-soled" shoes, the robust soles of which consisted of flexible rubber or according to a technology developed from an idea of her own - wooden elements held together by metal hinges, with a pair of steel bands running from back to front. The uppers were made without a shoemaker's last, from leather strips cut on the basis of a preexisting design. The shoes series was awarded a special prize in the 1996 "Stepping into the Future" competition. Purchased from the artist with money secured through competition from the National Cultural Found, 1997. Inv. No.: 97.156.1-2 Agnes Prékopa FERENC HOPP MUSEUM OF EASTERN ASIATIC ARTS Luohan-s (Buddha disciples) Two album pages, silk, ink and colours; mounted on brocade, in wooden frames with metal hangers China, 19th century Measurements with frames: 29 x 33.6 cm; 30 x 34.3 cm; measurements without frames: 18.3 x 25.7 cm; 18 x 25.8 cm Purchased with funds awarded in a Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Educa-tion competition. A favourite theme of Chinese figurai painting was the serial depiction of the Buddha's sixteen or eighteen disciples. These two, framed, album pages belong to a Chinese luohan (Buddha disciple) series originally consisting of eighteen works. Both recall the well-known compositions of luohan depictions. On one can be seen a Buddha disciple sitting at the foot of a cliff with legs drawn in, sewing a piece of fabric, presumably his habit. On the other two standing luohan figures survey a pagoda arising out of smoke, a symbol depicting the principal wish of believers, the attainment of the state of Nirvana. The album pictures exhibit detailed and meticulous brushwork (Chinese: gongbi), on a silk base. The outlines were drawn using Chinese ink and then filled out with colours, which are already a little faded. On the basis of the composition of the pictures, the brushwork and the colouring, both album pages may be dated to the 19th century. Inv. Nos.: 97.4 97.5 Daoist deities. A pair of paintings On a silk base mounted on paper, in frames; inscriptions on the backs China, 2nd half of the 19th century Length: 54 cm, width: 35.5 cm (both) Purchased with funds awarded in a Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education competition.
