In 1994 Éva Köves started to repaint postcards and found objects in Frankfurt. The duality of documentary and photography, as well as her long-standing fascination with shadows, led her to begin her series of Shadows of Budapest on her return home. The cycle was directly inspired by the exhibition at the Gallery ‘56 to commemorate the centenary of László Moholy-Nagy. Éva Köves photographed cityscapes in the Bauhaus style. She was not looking for special locations, but captured scaffolding, railings, building elements and geometric structures used in Budapest construction sites. In her photo-repaints, she elevates the everyday details of architectural structures into a world of illusion and fiction. Éva Köves reconstructs the paintings of individual structures that transcend their frames into intricate installations mounted on walls. The spatial installation of the series Shadows of Budapest consists of eight paintings on the left and seven on the right on the walls of the Ludwig Museum, which are in touch with each other.