Impact: Abstraction & Experiment in Hungarian Photography highlights László Moholy-Nagy’s experimental drive and his tendency toward abstraction. It juxtaposes his photograms and photo-collages with the work of twenty other artists, past and present, who share these impulses. Moholy-Nagy’s fascination with new media is evident in his remarkable color film, “Light Machine” (1941), and it is echoed in Theodor Kraynik’s “Video Luminar” (1967), a pioneering video that will premier at Alma Gallery.
László Moholy-Nagy, Nude Negative, 1920, print 1973. Silver gelatin print. Hungarian Museum of Photography
László Moholy-Nagy, Nude Positive, 1920, print 1973. Silver gelatin print. Hungarian Museum of Photography
László Moholy-Nagy, Untitled (Self-Portrait), 1926. Silver gelatin print, 1973
László Moholy-Nagy, Untitled (Self and Lucia), modern silver gelatin copy print of a lost photogram of 1926, made from a vintage glass copy negative (Hattula Moholy-Nagy). From the portfolio László Moholy-Nagy (Munich and Milan, Heiner Friedrich and Editioni O), 1973
László Moholy-Nagy, Untitled. Photogram. n.d. (1920s), modern silver gelatin copy print, 1973
Ágnes Eperjesi, Giant Secondary Density [Green], 2009. Color photogram. Hungarian Museum of Photography
Balázs Sprenc, Memories of a Surgery, 2015 Unique silver gelatin chemigram Courtesy Alma and the artist
Balázs Telek, Vitruvius Uomo I, 2000. Silver gelatin print. Courtesy Alma and the artist’s estate
Éva Köves & Andrea Sztojánovits, Monochrome Clack 1.2, 2009-2016. Multimedia installation (music mix by Kinga Kovács a.k.a. DJ Sanyi. Courtesy Alma and the artist
Gábor Kerekes, Window, 2008. Toned gelatin silver print, four-lens Holga camera. Nessim Galéria
Gábor Kerekes, Flag, 2008. Toned gelatin silver print, four-lens Holga camera. Nessim Galéria
Gábor Kerekes, Over Roswell I, 2, 2002. Black and white Polaroid contact. Nessim Galéria
Gábor Kerekes, Over Roswell I, 4, 2002.lack and white Polaroid contact. Nessim Galéria
Magdolna Vékás, New York series 31, 2002-2016. Photo emulsion on offset plate. Körmendi Gallery
Szacsva y Pál, Reprojection VII, 1999. C-print. Courtesy Alma and the artist
Tihamér Gyarmathy, Photogram #2142117, 1952. Photogram. Körmendi Gallery
Tibor Hajas & János Vetõ, Torturing the Surface III, 1978. Silver gelatin print. Courtesy Alma and János Vetõ
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