Location

• Budapest Rottenbiller utca 35, Hungary 1077
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Languages

• English
• Hungarian

Website

• http://studio.c3.hu/studio_magyar/gyujtemeny/index.html

Provenance and cultural activities

• The Studio of Young Artists (FKS), founded in 1958 as the youth section of the Art Fund, was created by the centralizing, controlling ambitions of the cultural politics of the time. Through the studio, it was easier to influence and control the activities of young artists. Most of the members were ambitious young artists, who more or less accepted the framework defined by the authorities. On the other hand, some of the members regularly tested the tolerance of the state, and the board members, who were elected on the basis of their prestige, were also seeking to provide space for unconventional endeavors in order to expand the sphere of accepted artistic forms.

  The upper age limit of 35 meant continuous renewal on the level of membership, including membership on the board. Elections, which were held every three years, often resulted in change in approach and perspective. At the beginning, artists who had graduated from the academy became members automatically, but this system was replaced by an application procedure, which made it possible for outsiders to apply. From the mid-1970s on, there were a significant number of autodidact members, which strengthened the spirit of experimentalism within the studio.

   “Yearly exhibitions” were held, usually in an institution of some prominence or symbolic importance within the cultural hierarchy of the system, and from 1972 on, the Studio Gallery provided the main forums for exposure to the public for its members. Exhibits in these frameworks were selected by juries set up by the Lectorat of Applied and Fine Arts, but once only the board members selected the works to be put on display. In the second half of the 1970s, innovative installation strategies started to emerge in the course of the yearly exhibitions, making it possible to display more characteristic works and experimental art forms in prominent and symbolically important exhibition spaces.

  FKS regularly bought works for its collection from these exhibitions. After a while, the collection outgrew the storage space, so in 1979 the board offered the collection to the Hungarian National Gallery. The works from the first two decades were accepted (altogether 221 pieces). The financial sources for acquisitions dried out around 1990, so in the 1990s collecting became sporadic and then stopped altogether. In 1990, FKS began to function in an independent legal form, as an association (FKSE) with regularly changing membership, and maintaining the “self-clearing” upper age limit. The collection is maintained by a foundation (FKSA), which functions parallel to the association.

Description of content

• The Studio of Young Artists, established in the late 1950s as part of the official art institution system, was compelled to some degree to conform to prevailing political and ideological expectations.

  Nonetheless, due to its nature as an organization which represents the interests of artists under 35 years of age. in many of the compositions made by its members one finds tendencies and approaches that were considered fresh and provocative at the time.

  These types of works form only a minority within the collection, as the items that were purchased were selected from the representative exhibitions of the organization (i.e. they were selected by official juries).

  The Collection contains drawings, paintings, and sculptures, and the Archive contains catalogues, invitations, posters, and documents concerning the activities of the FKS.
  
  The following artists have works in the collection: Almásy Aladár, Altorjai István, Babos Ágnes, Babos Éva, Bada Tibor, Badacsonyi Sándor, Bakos Ildikó, Balássi Zoltán, Bálint Ildikó, Balla Margit, Bálványos Huba, Banga Ferenc, Barabás Márton, Baska József, Baticz Levente, Becsey Zsuzsa, Benedek György, Benyó Ildikó, Beöthy Balázs, Berhidi Mária, Bernáth András, Blaskó János, Bodó Károly, Bodóczky István, Bodor Anikó, Bogdándy Zoltán Szultán, Boros István, Bozsik István, Böröcz András, Bráda Tibor, Buhály József, Bujdosó Ernő, Bukta Imre, Butak András, Czakó Mária, Czinder Antal, Csaba Iván, Csavlek András, Csikszentmihályi Róbert, Csikvári Péter, Csizmadia László, Csukás Tamás, Decsi Ilona, Demény Miklós, Demeter Zsuzsa, Dévényi János, Dienes Gábor, Dorosz Károly, Duschanek János, Eduardo Ruben, ef Zámbó István, Egyed László, Eisenmayer Tibor, Elekes Károly, Erőss István, Eskulits Tamás, Eszik Alajos, Fábián Pál, Farkas Ádám, Farsang Sándor, Fehér László, Feledy Zsuzsa, Ferdinánd Judit, Fillenz István, Fitzek Ferenc, Fritz János, Forgács Gábor, Füleky Adrienn, Gaál József, Gábor Imre, Gábor István, Gál Tamás, Galántai György, Gallusz Gyöngyi, Gellér B. István, Gémes Péter, Gerhes Gábor, Göttz János, Győrffy Sándor, Gyulaváry Pál, Gyurcsek Ferenc, Hajdu László, Hantos Károly, Haraszti László, Havas Eszter, Hegedűs 2 László, Hejettes Szomjazók, Heltai Ervin, Hepp Judit, Hevesi Nándor, Hévizi Éva, Hibó Tamás, Hídvégi Valéria, Homolya Gábor, Ifj. Benedek Jenő, Illényi Tamara, Illyés Antal, Jánosházy Ágnes, Janzer Frigyes, Jónás Attila, Jovián György, Józsa János, Július Gyula, Kádár János Miklós, Kalmár István, Kántor Jenő, Karmó Zoltán, Kárpáti Tamás, Katona Zoltán, Katona Zsuzsa, Kaubek Péter, Kelecsényi Csilla, Kelemen Károly, Kerek Béla, Keresztes Dóra, Kéri Ádám, Kéri Imre, Kicsiny Balázs, Kisléghy N. Ádám, Kiss György, Kiss Mihály, Kiss Zoltán László, Klimó Károly, Kocsis Imre, Kócsy Iringó, Kollár György, Kopasz Tamás, Kótai Tamás, Kovács Dénes, Kovács Imre, Kovács Johanna, Kovács László, Kovács P. Balázs, Kovács Péter, Kovács Tamás, Kozák Attila, Kő Pál, Körösényi Tamás, Köves Éva, Kubisch János, Kungl György, Lacza Márta, Leitner Sándor, Lengyel András, Lenkey Zoltán, Lévay Jenő, Lisztes István, Lois Viktor, Lóránt Zsuzsa, Lovász Erzsébet, Lugossy Mária, Lukovicky Endre, M. Novák András, Madácsy István, Magén István, Máger Ágnes, Magyar István, Maracskó Gabriella, Markolt György, Marosits István, Mészáros Géza, Mészáros Mária, Mihály Gábor, Mika Kavaszto, Mizser Pál, Molnár Gabriella, Molnár L. József, Müller Árpád, Nagy Gábor, Nagy Gábor György, Nagy Gábor Mihály, Nagy Sándor Zoltán, Nemes Csaba, Németh András, Neuberger István, Novák András, Olajos György, Orbán Attila, Orosz István, Orosz Péter, Ősz Gábor, Pál Csaba, Pálfi Katalin, Palkó Tibor, Pálos Anna, Palotás József, Parótzi Ágnes, Pataki Ferenc, Pataki Tibor, Pató Róza, Pető János, Petrilla István, Pirk László, Pócs Péter, Prutkay Péter, Püspöki István, Rácmolnár Sándor, Rácz József, Rádóczy Gy. Gábor, Raffai Béla, Rajki László, Rátkay György, Regős István, Rényi Krisztina, Révész László, Révész Napsugár, Romvári János, Roskó Gábor, Samu Géza, Sándor Antal, Sarkadi Péter, Sáros A. Miklós, Sebők Éva, Seregi József, Somlai Vilma, Somogyi Győző, Soós Tamás, Stefániai Edit, Stefanovits Péter, Sugár János, Swierkievicz Róbert, Szabadi Zoltán, Szabados Árpád, Szabados Margit, Szabó Gábor, Szabó László, Szabó Tamás, Szarka Péter, Széchy Beáta, Szemethy Imre, Szentgyörgyi József, Szépfalvi Ágnes, Szigeti András, Szíj Kamilla, Szili István, Sziráki Endre, Szirányi István, Szirtes János, Szöllőssy Enikő, Szunyoghy András, Szurcsik József, Szűts Miklós, Tamás Noémi, Tasi Tibor, Tassy Béla, Tenk László, Tolnay Imre, Topor András, Tornay Endre Andrűs, Tóth Ernő, Tóth Julianna, Tölg Molnár Zoltán, Trischler Ferenc, Tulipán László, Turcsán Miklós, Turi Éva, Váli Dezső, Valkó László, Varga Éva, Varga József, Varga Tamás, Varkoly László, Várnagy Ildikó, Várnagy Tibor, Vasvári László Sándor, Végh András, Véssey Gábor, Vincze Ottó, Vojnich Erzsébet, Wahorn András, Wegroszta Gyula, Xertox csoport, Záborszky Gábor, Zöld Anikó, Zrinyifalvi Gábor, Zsakó István.

Content

• graphics: 100-499
• paintings: 100-499
• sculptures: 100-499

Operator(s)

• Studio of Young Artists Foundation

Owner(s)

• Studio of Young Artists Foundation

Topics

• fine arts

Founder(s)

• MANK

Date of founding

• 1958

Place of founding

• Budapest, Hungary
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Creator(s) of content

• Samu, Géza
• Sarkadi, Péter

Collector(s)

• Zombori, Mónika

Supporters

• National Cultural Fund of Hungary

Important events in the history of the collection

• Stúdió ’66. Studio of Young Artists, 1966
• Stúdió ’78
• Storage Versus Collection, FKS versus FKSA
• Stúdió ’58–89

Featured items

• Samu, Géza: Grandma yarns, 1975, sculpture
• Sarkadi, Péter: Rainbow, 1979

Access type

• all closed to the public

Publications

• Csatlós, J., Csizek, P., Esterházy M., Fenyvesi, Á., Orbán, G., Szalai, B., & Vécsei, J. (Eds.). (2009). Stúdió – Archívum – Diskurzusok. Budapest: FKSE.

Author(s) of this page

• Beöthy, Balázs

References

Zombori, Mónika , interview by Beöthy, Balázs, November 04, 2016. COURAGE Registry Oral History Collection