KERSTIN STREMMEL'S EXTRAORDINARY CURATORIAL GUIDED TOUR AND THE LAUNCH OF THE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
"This extraordinary guided tour takes us back to 1930s Paris, the era of the surrealists, when Paris was a melting pot of the avant-garde. The exhibition will be accompanied by a newly published catalogue, which will present important moments in André Rogi's life, his working methods and motifs." (Kerstin Stremmel)
The guided tour will be in English, with interpretation in Hungarian.
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In 2010, as curator of an exhibition on Pablo Picasso, Kerstin Stremmel came across the work of André Rogi, who photographed Picasso. The Cologne-based art historian, author and curator, who has worked at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne and has also been head of collections at the Picasso Museum in Malaga and the Museum der Moderne in Salzburg, has been fascinated by the Hungarian photographer's work ever since.
Due to limited space, pre-registration is mandatory. To register for the guided tour, please send an e-mail to [email protected] with the subject: Guided tour - 3rd of July
The maximum number of participants is 30.
André Rogi (Rózsa Klein Józsa) was born in 1900 in Budapest and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, moving to Paris in 1925, the European centre of the avant-garde. It was here that she met her compatriot André Kertés, with whom she married in 1928, and with whom she discovered the medium of photography. He quickly became successful as a nude photographer. His models are calmly focused; in many cases the portrait highlights a defining feature, such as the intellectual superiority of Marcel Duchamp, the artistic radicalism of Mondrian or the natural elegance of Balthus. André Rogi also made his mark on the history of surrealist photography. The recollections of one of his models bear eloquent testimony to the empathic insight that characterised a photographer who is still underrated: “It is thanks to André Rogi that I still look like a woman.”
The exhibition is made possible with the exceptional support of the BnF.
Please note that the exhibition is open to minors under 14 years of age only if accompanied by a parent or guardian or an adult with parental authority.
Please note that audio and video recordings of our events may be made and used by the Mai Elf House to promote its programmes.
Hungarian House of Photography - Mai Manó House
Mai Manó House – The Hungarian House of Photographers – operates in a studio-house built at the end of 19th century, for the commission of Mai Manó (1855-1917), Imperial and Royal Court Photographer. This special, eight-story neo-renaissance monument is unique in world architecture: we have no knowledge of any other intact turn-of-the-century studiohouse. In addition, it serves its original goal, the case of photography again. The aim of Mai Manó House is to advance the development of Hungarian photography and raise photography’s national prestige as a distinct form of art. The institution plays a marked role in the cultural life of Budapest and Hungary, while the organization of exhibitions and programs abroad is getting more and more emphasis within its activities. The reputation of justly world-famous Hungarian photographers of the 20th century offers a great opportunity to regain our old status in the world of photography by the introduction of the generations following those great masters