"Shukar! Contemporary Art by Hungarian Roma Women" Exhibition

Hungarian Cultural Center

poster for "Shukar! Contemporary Art by Hungarian Roma Women" Exhibition

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The Roma (Gypsies) are Hungary’s largest ethnic minority counting more than one million people. Until the second half of the 20th century, the representation of Gypsy art was the exclusive monopoly of non-Roma, defined usually as “folk art” or “naïve art.” SHUKAR! presents a contemporary Roma art that is hardly naïve. Rather, it is critical, political, and above all, painterly. The works in SHUKAR! reflect upon the social role of women and their double-minority position in the Hungarian Roma community. Theses paintings are at once provocative and beautiful, asking viewers to reconsider the role of Roma women and Roma contemporary art.

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from February 11, 2010 to April 08, 2010

Opening Reception on 2010-02-11 from 18:00 to 20:00

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