Women's quota 01 // Women creators, women creators

The works selected for the Women's Quota 01 exhibition reflect the stereotypes and discrimination that women have faced - and continue to face - not only in the arts, but in all aspects of life. Their works highlight issues related to the female body, female roles and the status of women artists through a variety of means and genres.

Nudes by men, condensed on the reception wall, demonstrate how the female body has traditionally been represented in art through the male gaze, as model, muse or object of sexuality. As a counterpoint, Kriszta Nagy's poster is a critique not only of the image of women in consumer society, but also of the passive role of women in art, their objectification. Beáta Veszely and Judit Hersko also examine the representation and image of women in art history, appropriating and reworking famous paintings and drawings of the actions of witches.

In the 1970s, artists such as Lourdes Castro, Drozdik Orshi, Natalia LL, Judit Kele and Katalin Ladik found it difficult to find their way in an institutional system traditionally dominated by men. Their work is an early example of (Eastern European) feminist art, where the woman (artist) steps out of her passive role to become an active participant in life and art. A decade later, Zsuzsi Ujj, as part of the rebellious alternative scene of the 1980s, is already experimenting with a radical dismantling of the former ideal of the woman.

Balázs Beöthy's and Hajnal Németh's joint work in the nineties, like Hajnal Németh's videos, focuses on the ironic play of male-female roles, while Olga Tobrelutsz's dressed antique sculptures address changing ideals of beauty, artistic academism, consumerism and fashion.