NUDE Photo exhibition in Hungary July 27- Oct 15

This summer, Pajta Galeria and Kondor Studio stage a collaborative between two internationally acclaimed photo artists. The exhibition Laszlo Torok & Laszlo Kondor / Blue and Black – the Nude, features side by side displays of their widely diverse treatment of the human form. This is a visual commentary on the unique 20th-century experience of two masters of their medium. 

The life and work of these Hungarian artists have been impacted by the time when the world was politically divided into East and West. Two distinctly different oeuvres have emerged, each in reaction to the events that formed their aesthetic sensibilities and their corresponding work.

The exhibit includes 80 images spanning from 1973 to 2015.  

The photos are selected from Torok’s and Kondor’s extensive archives, revisited with an eye for what the collections have in common rather than how they are different.  They contrast and compare their long fascination with the human form. The energetic pair discovered some surprising similarities between their works, but, like a slant rhyme, there is a close but not always exact correspondence of the meanings. 

Torok’s emblematic women are washed in his iconic sky-blue, set in visually challenging constructions. This blue is his trademark. Many of the images were created with and in tribute to others at the heart of the photographic community centered on him and Pajta Galeria in Salfold. For 28 years this countryside oasis inspired countless artists and friends who gathered there.