Art Bubbles, 1972
Art Bubbles, No. 2, 1972
Art Series is part of Géza Perneczky's Conceptual Photography
Five Books, No. 1, 1971
Five Books, No. 1, 1971
The "blueprint" and foundation of Perneczky's conceptual art
Reflex, 16mm film,1973
Reflex, 16mm film,1973
Experimental film accompanied the photo work
Stamp International (Secret),1980
Stamp International (Secret),1980
Perneczky holds an important position in the Mail Art and Artists Books movement
Geza Perneczky, The Story of the colorful Ribbons, Vol. 68, 1988
The Story of the colorful Ribbons, Vol. 68, 1988
Perneczky very own version of conceptual Artists' Books
Geza Perneczky, Inversion in Red, Violet, Black - C107, 1986
Inversion in Red, Violet, Black - C107, 1986
Perneczky's monumental paintings, created as the "String Pictures"
Art Bubbles, no.2,1972
Art Series is part of Géza Perneczky's Conceptual Photography

Géza Perneczky

Protagonist of the Hungarian conceptual art
1970–80s

Perneczky is a protagonist of the Hungarian conceptual art, his early conceptual works and also his publications had a catalyst role on the Hungarian neo-avantgarde tendencies. Since 1970 Géza Perneczky lives and works in Cologne and was an important mediator between the Hungarian/Eastern European and the international art scene. On the international scene he became known as one of the founder of the post-fluxus mail art movement, which also defined the character of his conceptual works.

Géza Perneczky’s works can be found in collections such as The Metropolitan ­Museum of Art (New York), The Museum of Modern Art (New York), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge), Centre Pompidou (Paris) and Ludwig Museum (Budapest), etc.

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Gallery Annex14, Zürich (2022)
LÁ Art Museum, Iceland (2022)
LÁ Art Museum, Iceland (2022)
Centre Pompidou, Paris (2021)
MOCAK, Krakow (2021)
MOCAK, Krakow (2021)
Capa Center, Budapest (2019)
Capa Center, Budapest (2019)
Capa Center, Budapest (2019)
SODA Gallery, Bratislava (2018)
SODA Gallery, Bratislava (2018)
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York (2017)
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York (2017)
Chimera-Project Gallery, ViennaContemporary (2015)
The Art of Reflection Book

Featured Publication

Edited by Patrick Urwyler, this publication is the first comprehensive presentation of Géza Perneczky’s conceptual photography, the artist realized between 1970–75 as a dissident in Germany. The publication is published and distributed by Verlag für moderne Kunst
Capa Center Exhibition View

Featured Exhibition

The milestone exhibition at Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest was the first comprehensive overview on the artist's oeuvre with focus on conceptual photography.

Exhibitions

Selected Solo- & Group Exhibitions

Time Machine

Ludwig Museum, Budapest

–05.01.2025

Paris Foto 2024

with Vintage Galeria (Budapest)

07.11.–10.11.2024

Kunsthalle Praha

Elmgreen & Dragset: READ

16.11.2023–22.4.2024

Paris Photo 2023

with Vintage Galeria (Budapest)

11.2023

Artissima 2023

with Gallery Annex14 (Zürich)

11.2023

ViennaContemporary 2023

with Gallery Annex14 (Zürich)

07.–10.09.2023

Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin

Magyar Neo-Avantgarde in den 1960er/1970er Jahren

11.11.2022 - 27.01.2023

Ludwig Museum Budapest

Time Machine

01.09.2020 – 31.12.2023

MoMA New York

After the Wall. Collection 1970s–Present

Fall 2019 – 2022

Paris Foto, Paris (Art Fair)

with Vintage Galeria (Budapest)

10.11. – 13.11.2022

Artissima, Turin (Art Fair)

with Gallery Annex14 (Zürich)

04.11. – 06.11.2022

Gallery Annex14, Zürich

Le Saule Contemple à L'envers L'image Du Héron

03.09. – 22.10.2022

Dubniczay Pałace, Veszprem (HU)

The Rorschach Image

29.04. – 19.06.2022

LÁ Art Museum, Iceland

Are you glad if you can ask something? - Networking between East and North

06.04. – 02.09.2022

18th Tallinn Print Triennial, Estland

Warm Checking Temperature In Three Acts

22.01. – 27.03.2022

Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst

Das Wort steht im Raum – Skulpturale Poesie

26.03. – 14.08.2022

Ludwig Museum Budapest

Place Value - New Acquisitions

14.03. – 24.04.2022

Printed Matter - NEWS

Publications, Exhibition Catalogs and other Printed Matter

The Kunsthalle Praha Collection: 50 Highlights

Collection Catalogue
Type
Barbora Ropková
Editor
Publisher
Kunsthalle Praha
Year
2023
LINK

Are you glad if you can ask something? - Networking between East and North

Exhibition Catalog
Type
Zsoka Leposa, Lszlo Százados
Editor
Publisher
LÁ Art Museum, Iceland
Year
2022
LINK

Warm Checking Temperature in Three Acts.

Catalog of the 18th Tallinn Print Triennial, Estland
Type
Róna Kopeczky
Editor
Publisher
Tallinn Print Triennial
Year
2022
external link

L'image et son double. The unfolded image

Exhibition Catalogue, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Type
Julie Jones, Florian Ebner, Centre Pompidou
Editor
Publisher
Spector Books
Year
2021
external link

Beau Geste Press

Reference book surveys the history of the independent publishing house Beau Geste Press
Type
Alice Motard
Editor
Publisher
CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux
Year
2020
external link

Géza Perneczky. The Art of Reflection. 1970–75

Monography, Exhibition Catalog, Capa Center, Budapest
Type
Patrick Urwyler
Editor
Publisher
Verlag für moderne Kunst
Year
2019
external link

Networking the Bloc Experimental Art in Eastern Europe 1965–1981

Publication
Type
Klara Kemp-Welch
Editor
Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
2019
external link

Book Marks: Revisiting Hungarian Art of the 1960s and 1970s

Catalog of the exhibition, Vinyl Factory, London
Type
Editor
Katalin Székely
Publisher
Walther König, London
Year
2018
external link

Promote, Tolerate, Ban: Cold War Hungary

Catalog of the exhibition, Wende Museum, Los Angeles
Type
Editor
Dora Heigy
Publisher
Getty Publications
Year
2018
external link

BOOKMARKS. Neo-Avantgarde und postkonzeptuelle Positionen in der ungarischen Kunst von den 1960ern bis heute.

Publication
Type
Editor
Katalin Székely
Publisher
Distanz Berlin
Year
2015
external link

IMAGINATION/IDEA. The Beginning of Hungarian Conceptual Art. The László Beke Collection 1971

Publication
Type
Dora Heigy
Editor
Publisher
JRP | Ringier
Year
2015
external link

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