Ludwig Goes Pop + The East Side Story

Author(s)
Katalin Timár, Stephan Diederich, Luise Pilz, Walter Grasskamp, Katalin Keserü, Dávid Fehér, Miklós Erdély, Luis Camnitzer
Editor(s)
Katalin Timár, Soma Bradák, Viktória Popovics
Publisher
Ludwig Múzeum - Kortárs Művészeti Múzeum
Place of publication
Budapest
Date of publication
2015
Number of pages
394
ISBN
978-963-9537-49-1
Description

The art collection brought together by Peter and Irene Ludwig is the foundation of all Ludwig Museums. Perhaps the most well-known and famous part of this collection is the body of artworks that represents the period of Pop Art. It is unique in the sense that in addition to the iconic works of the most well-known Pop artists (Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, etc.), it comprises pieces by less famous ones (Allan D’Arcangelo, Richard Lindner, etc.), along with artworks by the European representatives of this tendency (Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Mimmo Rotella). The collection of the Ludwig Museums alone is abundant for creating a survey exhibition of international Pop Art.

The exhibition is partly realized as a collaboration of the Ludwig Museums; prior to the Budapest show, it was on display at the Ludwig Museums of Cologne and then Vienna. In the Budapest version, the exhibition is complemented with works by Hungarian and East-European artists.

Language: Hungarian, English