The exhibition comprises of about 70 pieces of art from two lesser known private collections and introduces the central tendencies of European avant-garde graphic art, particularly the various trends and directions of formal abstraction.
Both the Imre Patkó and the Pán-Mezei Collection hold exciting discoveries in store. The lives of the collectors, who belonged to almost the same generation, their characteristically 20th-century approach to collection, as well as their friendship with the leading international artists of their time, link a host of personal stories to each item in their collections. This exhibit offers a taste of these stories, presenting European avant-garde artists associated with non-figurative, expressive or geometric abstraction (Georges BRAQUE, Marc CHAGALL, CORNEILLE, Sonia DELAUNAY, Natalia GONCHAROVA, Max ERNST, Joan MIRÓ, Pablo PICASSO, Dorothea TANNING). Further, the display places an emphasis on featuring Hungarian-born artists who earned considerable recognition internationally (Etienne BEÖTHY, Simon HANTAI, Judit REIGL, Victor VASARELY).
