Projects
Selected exhibitions
2023. 04. 19 – 05. 20.
Introduction to Cryptozoology
“Cryptozoology is a discipline unrecognised (yet!) by the academic(?) sciences(?). Investigates animals/creatures whose existence has not been proven (yet!).
The first exhibition of photographer Márton K. Takács and poet Soma Kazsimér opened in the framework of the Budapest Photo Festival 2023, which brought together the various works of the past years. There is a fine line between the real and the imaginary, the scientific and the speculative, the documentation and the fine art, or the field diary and the poem. We have to get into a green Suzuki to figure out when our eyes glaze over and when they don’t. But even if we have to rub our eyes and tilt our heads to the side, crouch to collect samples in the muddy leaf litter, switch on a wildlife camera or read Szabolcs online, we promise the horizon will soon be more apparent.
Exhibiting artists: Márton K. Takács, Soma Kazsimér
Curator: Anna Zsoldos
2022. 11. 24 – 12. 17.
Melting colours of Bratislava
The exhibition entitled Melting colours of Bratislava, organised by the Slovak Institute — Budapest in collaboration with Q Contemporary, deals with the relationship between the young generation of today’s Slovakia and the metropolis, the metropolitan culture, with regard to the role of the individual in society. Through the selected works of the artists, the exhibition explores various questions and topics that often concern Generation Y, also known as “millennials”: it deals with gender roles, self-realization, generational gaps, consumer culture among further issues, all this through explicit or less explicit, concrete or symbolic instruments, diverse methods of expression and forms.
Exhibited artists: Martin Lukáč, Viliam Slaminka, Denisa Slavkovská and Zuzana Svatik
Curator of the exhibition Hanna Imre
2022. 10. 07 – 12. 17.
Animated
Q Contemporary is pleased to present an exhibition of works on paper and inspirational animation by Bozó Szabolcs, (b. 1992, Pécs, Hungary), Austin Lee (b. 1983, Las Vegas, USA), and James Ulmer (b. 1981, Pennsylvania, USA).
All three artists explore the tragi-comic in their work, often taking as their point of departure characters and tales from the cartoons and films they watched as children, using them as a vehicle to express a child-like happiness, untrammelled by the pressures and trials of adulthood, but also a wistfulness or nostalgia for that time, often laced with a darker sadness or a sense of isolation and loneliness. Their subject matter becomes, in different forms, an exploration of the alienation of the human figure in our digital technocracy.
In addition to the works on paper on display by each artist, they have made a selection of cartoons and clips from animators they each admire. Austin Lee has made an animation especially for this exhibition.
2022. 10. 01 – 10.29.
Ereklye / Haydnkopf
The exhibition Haydnkopf, organized under the auspices of Esterhazy Privatstiftung and Esterházy Foundation, uses contemporary art to reflect on the mysteries surrounding the death of Joseph Haydn, the most important patron and beneficiary of the Esterházy family. By preserving the cultural heritage of the family, Esterházy Foundations keep alive the transnational spirit and cultural influence of the Esterházy family in East Austria and the Pannonian region.
Exhibiting artists: Zsófia Keresztes, Botond Keresztesi, Lilla Lőrinc, János Borsos, Gergő Szinyova (The Rest / In Peace group)
Curator: Mónika Zsikla (Q Contemporary)
2022. 07. 01 – 08. 13.
MOME Photography students’ graduation exhibition
2022. 04. 12 – 05. 14.
Dia Zékány: The Objects Are at Peace Within My Heart
Dia Zékány’s exhibiton The Objects Are at Peace Within My Heart focuses on accumulated, collected objects and the spaces that accomodate them. (The title of the exhibition is a quotation from Ágnes Nemes Nagy’s two-line poem The Objects.)Her paintings show objects that have been collected, stored, kept and set aside through lifetimes, forgotten, but loved at the same time.
The exhibition spaces of the Project Space showcase the artist’s works from the past few years. In recent years, Dia has moved from rooms and interiors to backyards, courtyards, workshops and garages on her pastel on canvas paintings. Her larger canvases are exhibited in two rooms, where the viewers find themselves in the middle of a cavalcade of objects, quasi crossing the frames of the pictures. In the central, longer room, the emphasis is on her pastels. She couldn’t use her studio due to the epidemic situation, thus in addition to her oil paintings, small-scale pastel drawings also appear among her works since 2020.
Curator: Blanka Szalay (Q Contemporary)
2019. 10. 01 – 10. 06.
Under the Radar: Contemporary Masters from Central & Eastern Europe
Artists: Constantin Flondor, Dóra Maurer, Geta Brătescu, Gizella Rákóczy, Ilona Keserü, Ilona Lovas, Imre Bak, János Fajó, Myra Landau, Sándor Kecskeméti, Stanislav Kolíbal, Wanda Czelkowska
Long deprived of the spotlight, whether due to geographical, social or political reasons, many leading Central & Eastern European (CEE) artists have been kept in the shadows of the global art scene. The title ‘Under the Radar’ has a double meaning and describes both groups. From one side it refers to artists who have not been discovered, or to say, have not found the exposure they deserve. From the other side it should be read directly; artists who are now being recognized, repositioned, canonized and broadly collected. We believe, that by bringing a well-selected group of artworks to London from a wide spectrum of both locally and globally significant artists, we can provide the right context and exposure to the continuing appraisal of Central & Eastern Europe art.