{"id":24791,"date":"2025-10-15T11:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fovarosikeptar.hu\/?page_id=24791"},"modified":"2025-11-11T13:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:24:14","slug":"october","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fovarosikeptar.hu\/en\/october\/","title":{"rendered":"OCTOBER – from silence to resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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OCTOBER
\nfrom silence to resistance<\/h2>\n

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October 15, 2025 – January 25, 2026<\/p>\n

Curator: P\u00c1LDI L\u00edvia
\nTemporary exhibition at the BHM-Kiscell Museum Municipal Gallery
\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”25″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”25″]TICKETS<\/a>[vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”25″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=””][vc_column][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_column_text]Two years ago, at the Budapest Gallery, I curated On Violence, an exhibition that examined systemic and structural violence through its intersectional dimensions. It responded to the urgent need for deeper, more nuanced analyses by incorporating feminist and queer perspectives to investigate the mechanisms of patriarchal dominance embedded in collective culture and political economies. The continuing escalation of violence has compelled more artists to testify to the dire circumstances in which they, along with other cultural workers, sustain creative resistance\u2014often despite attempts at silencing.<\/p>\n

OCTOBER continues this trajectory, focusing on the entanglement of the political with the personal and intimate, with particular attention to women\u2019s perspectives. Historical works are placed in dialogue with contemporary positions to foreground these connections.
\nThe constellation of works examines the politicization of the private sphere\u2014how personal experiences and observations, born of cataclysm, yield distinct insights into the impact of violence and the persistence of unhealed collective trauma. The exhibition raises questions of responsibility and individual agency while pointing toward the liberatory potential of artmaking and the forms and spaces of intimacy that can foster solidarity.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=””][vc_column][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_text_separator title=”FEATURED WORKS” border=”no”][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=””][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_single_image image=”24745″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”right” qode_css_animation=”” el_class=”nagyitas”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

R\u00f3za El-Hassan (1966)<\/p>\n

For Non-Violence \/ For a Non-Violent Revolution<\/em>, 2025
\nWood, mixed media
\nCollection of the artist<\/p>\n

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Margit Anna (1913\u20131991)<\/p>\n

The Angel \/ The Possessed<\/em>, 1937
\nInk on paper
\nCollection of the Municipal Gallery \u2013 Kiscell Museum, Budapest History Museum<\/p>\n

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Zizi Makrisz (1924\u20132014)<\/p>\n

Night<\/em>, 1961
\nColor lithograph on paper
\nCollection of the Municipal Gallery \u2013 Kiscell Museum, Budapest History Museum<\/p>\n

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Katya Buchatska (1987)<\/p>\n

Crater, Village of Moshchun, Ukraine<\/em>, 2022
\nDigital print
\nCollection of the artist<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=””][vc_column][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_column_text]Structured as a non-linear \u201cmind map\u201d\u2014elliptical and associative\u2014OCTOBER proposes connections that reflect the perpetuity of political, social, and economic systems of oppression. Texts by Marguerite Duras, Charlotte Delbo, Virginie Despentes, Fran\u00e7oise Verg\u00e8s, Grupa Spomenik, Ariella A\u00efsha Azoulay, Fadwa Tuqan, and others played an essential role in shaping OCTOBER and underscore the urgency of learning from historical anti-war and anti-fascist legacies in confronting today\u2019s (post)-fascist ideologies and the reality of \u201ccontemporary\u2013permanent\u2013war.\u201d
\nThe narratives interwoven here encompass personal stories, survival journeys, acts of creative resistance, histories of remembrance, and the lasting effects of war\u2014on landscapes and cities, and on bodies as living archives bearing the scars of years marked by atrocities and deprivation.<\/p>\n

Here, the personal and the intimate serve as lenses through which broader political and social realities are experienced, examined, and understood. Art emerges as observation and documentation, as a coping mechanism, and as an act of resistance. It becomes a means to confront inequality, expose violations of human rights, and cultivate a dynamic exchange of identities and positions. A radical act of thought. A silent bearing witness. A gesture of empowerment. A fragile, unending exchange between inner lives and shared histories.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In its modest way, OCTOBER also pays tribute to German graphic artist and sculptor K\u00e4the Kollwitz (1867\u20131945). Her legacy of social advocacy and anti-war resistance resonates profoundly today. Through her etchings and drawings, Kollwitz gave radical, empathetic form to the struggles of the working class and urban poor\u2014especially underprivileged women\u2014enduring hunger, illness, child mortality, and war. Her unwavering commitment to social justice makes her work a powerful point of departure for the exhibition\u2019s inquiry.<\/p>\n

P\u00c1LDI L\u00edvia
\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_column_text]The exhibition was made possible with support from the National Cultural Fund of Hungary.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=””][vc_column][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_text_separator title=”EXHIBITING ARTISTS” border=”no”][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_column_text]Kateryna ALIINYK, ANNA Margit (1913-1991), THE ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC PROTEST (APP), Katya BUCHATSKA, CHILF M\u00e1ria, Marlene DUMAS, EL- HASSAN R\u00f3za, Rachel FALLON- CSOSZ\u00d3 Gabriella, FERENCZY No\u00e9mi (1890-1957), FORG\u00c1CH HANN Erzs\u00e9bet (1897\u20131954), Lea GRUNDIG-LANGER (1906-1977), KASITZKY ILona (1910-1985), G\u00fcls\u00fcn KARAMUSTAFA (1946), K\u00e4the KOLLWITZ (1872-1975), K\u00d3SA (MOLN\u00c1R) M\u00e1ria (1899-1945), MAKRISZ Zizi (1924-2014), Paula REGO (1935-2022), Milica TOMI\u0106 [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=””][vc_column][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_text_separator title=”EXHIBITION INTERIORS” border=”no”][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_gallery type=”nivo” interval=”3″ images=”24818,24821,24824,24827,24830,24833,24836″ img_size=”full”][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_column_text]Photos: Judit F. Szalatnyay \/ Budapest History Museum[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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