Prékopa Ágnes (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 29. (Budapest, 2013)
The Museum of Applied Arts in 2011-12
The Land of Morning Calm - Korean Art in the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts in the 18th-19th centuries 21SI July - 30th September 2011 The Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts exhibition on the art and culture of late Joseon dynasty Korea was deliberately set in surroundings reflecting the Korea of the time. With the help of books and archive photos the experiences of those Hungarian travellers who made it out to Korea in the late 19th - early 20th century were drawn upon to help visitors become acquainted with this distant culture. The exhibition focused particularly on the most important aspects of Korean life at the time: the world of the Buddhist religion, the male lifestyles of the lettered classes, the female domestic domain, wedding rituals, the main elements of female dress and the world of Korean ceramics. The exhibition catalogue, which is at one and the same time the catalogue for the entire Korean collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts, was published in 2012, and edited by Györgyi Fajcsák and Beatrix Mecsi. The Forms of Existence - Mária Lugossy Retrospective 30th June - 11th September 2011 The exhibition covered the more than three-decade career of the sculptor Mária Lugossy, from her early constructivist applied art works, to her later metal and glass sculpture. The catalogue accompanying the exhibition, which was published in both English and Hungarian, gives an account of Mária Lugossy’s work in the context of both contemporary Hungarian sculpture and in the field of glass art. The exhibition was the last of the shows that Mária Lugossy, who was already seriously ill, was able to oversee before her death on 15th August 2012. Unpolished - Contemporary Polish Design 30th September - 13th November 2011 2011’s Design Week special guest was Poland, which was occupying the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Unpolished exhibition, curated by Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka and Pawel Grobelny, featured the work of 18 designers and design teams. The common characteristic shown by these designers, all of whom were in their 30s and 40s, was a focus on design concept rather than commercial viability. The exhibits tended to be either one-offs or made on short production runs, and abided by the triple principles of Recycle-Reuse-Reduce combined with a dry sense of humour. The Hungarian Design Prize 2011 4th October - 13th November 2011 The exhibition, held within the framework of Design Week, displayed the work of both the prize-winners and other notable contestants at the 32nd Hungarian Design Prize. The Museum of Applied Arts’ partners and fellow publishers of the exhibition catalogue were the Design Council and the Hungarian Patent Office. 106
