Russian artist Ivan Chuikov (b. 1935 in Moscow) came into contact with the young, “unofficial” avant-garde as early as the late 60s. By 1976, he was a dedicated member of their number, taking part in the Apt Art exhibition series put on by the so-called Soviet “nonconformist artists.” Having studied as a painter, the artist began working in space in 1976, with his Panoramic View installation. Two early works from his conceptual series we might call “display boxes” came to Budapest. Panoramic View I is a bird's-eye view of an alpine landscape and a cloud-dotted blue sky, while Panoramic View II in contrast shows a sunset appearing in a housing-project window, as well as an absurdly unified view of the interior space with the walls of the kitchen and living room. The odd sight offers a denouement in the apartment's floor plan drawn on the white surface of the top of the box. These two boxes, displayed side by side, offer a unique three-dimensional record of reality; these pieces even move beyond that to pit together concepts like the open and the closed, the natural and the constructed, and the free and the confined.
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The Ludwig Museum possesses a relatively small yet internationally significant collection of over 400 contemporary artworks. As the museum’s permanent exhibition is only able to show a small portion of the collection, we make an effort to present a fresh selection from time to time.