Barnabás Friedrich: Eastern Europe is my hood
In February a new exhibition "Eastern Europe is my hood" by Barnabás Friedrich will be on view in our gallery.
Featuring: Fabrika Studio
Curator: Tamás Don
Opening: 2025.02.06. Thursday 18:00
Opening speech: Norbert Vass, writer
On view: 2025.02.07.-03.21.
Schedule
Barnabás Friedrich's first solo exhibition offers an ironic reflection on the present and past decades of Eastern Europe. The deliberate omission of the term "central" from the title highlights the lost intellectual, political, and economic orientation. The phrase "Eastern Europe is my hood" references the Hungarian rapper Curtis’s song Újpest a negyedem (Újpest is My Hood), through which Friedrich proudly embraces the sociocultural milieu he cynically depicts in his paintings. He unveils the reality we live in through the format of a disenchanted Wunderkammer. It’s akin to paraphrasing the iconic line from the Hungarian movie Time Stands Still (1982): "Well, we’ll live here then," reinterpreted in this context as, "Well, we’ve been living like this all along, and we’ll keep living this way."
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Pikszis Culture Point
At Pikszis we collect, consume and display all kinds of art. We have created a multi-functional, cultural community space where everyone is welcome, regardless of their prior level or connection to the arts. Our aim is to make it easier for everyone to explore different art forms by bringing together visual arts, music and more in one institution. Pikszis currently consists of a gallery, a café, a record shop, a vintage store and rooms for different workshops and events. We also have an in-house art school, the Pikszis Analogue Circle, which takes a slightly different approach to teaching people how to create.
