Welcome speech by
Péter ROSTÁS, Deputy Director of the Budapest History Museum & Director of the the Kiscell Museum

Opening speech by 
Teodóra BÁN, Executive Director of the Budapest Festival and Tourism Centre, member of the Operative Team


For the third consecutive year now, Budapest Photo Festival chose a classic genre as an inspiration for contemporary Hungarian photographers. This time, the organizers were looking for works that interpret or redefine the landscape genre, or continue along well-established, traditional lines. Pictures that fit into the broader concept of landscape photography were welcome for this year’s open call.

The exhibition in the Kiscell Museum is compiled with our final selection of almost 50 photographers. They approached the contemporary interpretation of the landscape genre from the direction of the rich fine art traditions. Among the exhibited works one can find both the analysis of the – all the more problematic - relation between nature and humanity in the 21st century, the narrative pictures and the ones projecting outer (physical) and inner (spiritual) landscapes that transform non-existent scenes into tangibly real and personal images. Although the execution, the atmosphere and the message of the works is rich, colorful and diverse, just like the contemporary Hungarian photographic scene; the exhibition also showcases a strong metaphysical feature, an ontological urge that fits into the ever present need of self-expression. Still life exhibition is realized in the framework of Budapest Spring Festival and in the cooperation of Budapest Photo Festival and the Kiscell Museum.

Exhibitors:
Zsolt Balázs, Viktória Balogh, András Bán, Attila Bartis, Andrea Bátorfi, Ádám Bognár, Zsuzsanna Csillag, Sándor Csortos Szabó, Zsuzsa Darab, Balázs Deim, Dora Kontha, Lehel Fuchs, Nikoletta Fuska, András Gál, György Gáti, Gellért Gombai, Sarolta Gyökér, Attila Haid, Attila Hupján, Márton Kállai, Bea Kolozsi, Lilla Liszkay-János Fejér, Katalin London, Gabi Lukács, Fanni Luzsica, László Mandur, László Mészáros, Zoltán Molnár, Márton Mónus, Izabella Nagy, Rozina Pátkai, András Polgár, Gáspár Riskó, Péter Rizmayer, Anna Rubi, Zsófi Sivák, Flóra Szabadi, Eszter Szalai, Zsuzsanna Szatmári, Lenke Szilágyi, János Vachter, Tamás Varga, Katalin Vasali, Ági Vedres, Sándor Zsila

Curators: 
Rita SOMOSI, Klára SZARKA

On view: 04. 05. – 05. 19. 2019.