Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 26. (Budapest, 2008)
Events 2007
FERENC HOPP MUSEUM OF EASTERN ASIATIC ARTS EVENTS 2007 The 2007 exhibition programme of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts had as its theme the presentation of 20 ,h-century Eastern painting. We repaid the debt of many decades when we assembled a selection of works by a key figure of 20 thcentury Chinese painting. Ink and Tao (Encre et tao), an exhibition organised jointly with the French Institute in Budapest, opened on 14 March 2007 in the building of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts, now with a new entrance, on Andrássy út. The exhibition displayed works from the mature period of T'ang Haywen, a genius of Chinese painting who settled in France in the 1950s and who worked there until his death. The curator of the show, which introduced approximately forty large diptychs, was the sinologist Dr. Györgyi Fajcsák. The opening featured the very first public performance of a chamber piece by Samuel Ternoy entitled 'Musical Work for Pipa and String Quartet Inspired by the Art of T'ang Haywen', with the participation of the Sándor String Quartet and the pipa (lute) artist Wu Bing. Written by Györgyi Fajcsák, the exhibition catalogue, which was in Hungarian and French, offered orientation in the 20 th-century history of Chinese painting. During the approximately three months for which it ran, the exhibition was accompanied by numerous programmes. By means of a young person's guide entitled 'Chinese Crumbs from the Table of Philosophy', we attempted to bring those of more tender years nearer to the themes depicted in the paintings and to the fundamental issues in Chinese philosophy. Adult visitors could tour the exhibition with the help of an audioguide. In June 2007, on the afternoon preceding the 'Night of Museums' in Hungary, we awaited those interested in Eastern art with a new exhibition in the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts at its location on Andrássy út. Entitled Mystic India - Through the Art of Two Hungarian Painters, this displayed sixty-two works by Erzsébet Sass Brunner and her daughter Erzsébet Brunner. The paintings passed to the Indian collection at the Ferenc Hopp Museum from the estate of Erzsébet Brunner, who died some years ago. The curator of the exhibition and the author of the bilingual catalogue (A misztikus India - két magyar festőnő művészetén keresztül - Mystic India Through the Art of Two Hungarian Painters) was the indologist Zsuzsanna Renner. At this exhibition, too, an audioguide helped orientate visitors. In addition, we offered children a specially tailored exhibition guide and an Indian board game (pachisi). In May 2007, the exhibition Genghis Khan and His Legacy opened at the Hungarian National Museum. The organisers of this event borrowed more than eighty artefacts from the Chinese and Mongol collections at the Ferenc Hopp Museum. As well as rich material consisting of Ordos bronzes, mountings, knives, cauldrons, and
