Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 16. (Budapest, 1997)

Kiállítások, események 1995-96

seda University (Tokyo), was supplemented by a series of slides showing traditional buildings, by a video film demonstrating work processes, and by a live demonstration given by an eighty-four-year-old temple carpenter, as well as by specialist lectures. This exhibition was opened by the famous architect Imre Makovecz. The exhibition on show in the Hopp Museum entitled "Japanese Prints 1950-1990. A Travelling Exhibition of the Japan Foundation" (September 2 - September 22, 1995) was a significant event, and one which was very informative as to the standard and richness of modern Japanese mass-production graphic art, in the areas from the application of traditional techniques to the trying out and synthesizing of various foreign trends. The Japan Foundation published a colour catalogue for the exhibition. The exhibition was arranged by Mária Ferenczy, and was opened by Professor László Beke, the director-general of Budapest's Palace of Art. In addition to the donations made by the Japanese artists, the Museum received another significant gift: Dr. Edmund de Unger (London) donated five oriental textiles to the Museum on the occasion of the centenary of the building of the Museum of Applied Arts. Among them were three very rare large Indian kanat tent panels from the Mughal period ( 18th century). These were also put on display in the Museum of Applied Arts in the exhibition "Kanat Tent Panels" (October 25, 1996 - November 5, 1996), arranged by Zsuzsanna Renner. Mária Ferenczy