Pécsi József Photography Grant 2019

Visiting is free of charge
February 18, 2020 – March 16, 2020
Every day 11 am – 7 pm
Closed on public holidays.
Capa Center – Project Room
Curator: Gabriella Csizek

Vernissage: February 17, 2020, 6pm
Greetings by Anna Tardy-Molnár, managing director, Hungarian Creative Art Benefit Non-profit Ltd.
Opening remarks by Gábor Arion Kudász, photographer

The photography grant created for commemorating the photographer, professional writer and photography teacher József Pécsi (1889–1956), was founded by the Ministry of Culture and Education in 1991. Its purpose is to help to start the career, creative work, and development of talented photographers working as independent artists, and to provide them with favorable conditions for the creation of high-quality artworks which are modern both in terms of form and content. The series exhibited this year also attest to that the grant recipients have created quality works by employing the diverse possibilities of photography.

On the 25th anniversary of the grant, in 2016, the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center organized the exhibition Pécsi 25, showcasing the works of previous grant recipients. The occasion also brought about the creation of a so far missing and continually expanding online archive for the works created under the aegis of the grant. Besides the showcase exhibition of the authors awarded the grant for a second year in 2018, the Project Room of the Capa Center also displays the works of the first- and third-year grant recipients.

The exhibition is realized in cooperation with Magyar Alkotóművészeti Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. (MANK [Hungarian Creative Art Public Benefit Non-profit Ltd.]). Established in 2011, MANK is the only nonprofit corporation in the country which is expressly entrusted with the task of supporting fine arts and artists, including the organizing, financial administration, handling and documenting of early career support grants.

Exhibiting artists: István Bielik, Zsolt Ficsór, Kata Geibl, Ilka Guba, Adél Koleszár, Balázs Máté, András Polgár, Júlia Standovár, Balázs Turós, Sára Zagyvai

Bielik István: „Sokat felejtek már, de ami Oroszországban történt velünk, azt nem tudom kitörölni az emlékezetemből. Hányszor mondtuk, bárcsak meghalnánk már!” | “I forget a lot, but the things that happened to us in Russia simply cannot be erased from my memory. How many times we said, ‘If only we could f inally die!”, 2019 © Bielik István

Ficsór Zsolt: Cím nélkül | Untitled, 2019 © Ficsór Zsolt

Geibl Kata: A Nincs semmi új a Nap alatt című sorozatból | From series There is Nothing New Under the Sun, 2019 © Geibl Kata

Guba Ilka: Alvó Múzsa | Sleeping Muse, 2019 © Guba Ilka

Koleszár Adél: La colgada, Budapest, 2019 © Koleszár Adél

Máté Balázs: Nexus no.4, 2019 © Máté Balázs

Polgár András: Minangkabau esküvőnk, 2019. január 6. | Our Minangkabau Wedding, January 6, 2019, Padang, Indonesia © Polgár András

Standovár Júlia: részlet 02 | detail 02, 2019 © Standovár Júlia

Turós Balázs: Közelebb | Closer, 2019 © Turós Balázs

Zagyvai Sári: Homokozó 02 | Sandbox 02, 2019 © Zagyvai Sári

The photographers who recieved the Pécsi József Photography Grant in 2019

1st Grant Term

Kata Geibl
Ilka Guba
Sára Zagyvai

2nd Grant Term

Zsolt Ficsór
András Polgár
Júlia Standovár
Balázs Turós

3rd Grand Term

István Bielik
Adél Koleszár
Balázs Máté