Groups, Spaces Budapest: Hints at Ludwig Muzeum
The Ludwig Muzeum bears all the markers of a weighty investment: grand staircase, massive lobby with security system and guards, the cool geometric logic of a corporate structure. It seems, indeed, like a massive effort to develop, promote and legitimize contemporary art in Hungary. With all its wonder and gravity, culture looks down upon us. I am surprised and not unimpressed by the importance of “contemporary art†in the vision of the Hungarian state and wonder, as always, what is at stake in the development of such massive public (national) institutions. Suffice it so say we are prepared, even as we approach the building, even before we enter the lobby, to encounter Great art — and we rehearse, with every step, the well-behaved patterns of the Good Spectator. The promenade is quite long as we circle the building, so we have plenty of time … even as we move around the plaza, as we complete this ritual walk, we are becoming immobilized. (more…)
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