Endre Tót “Gladness and Rain”

Printed Matter, Inc.

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Printed Matter presents Endre Tót: Gladness and Rain, a survey show on the work of Hungarian artist Endre Tót. Curated by Darling Green, the on-site exhibition puts on view more than 100 items, including artists’ books, printed matter, performance works, and mail art correspondence, with an emphasis on Tót’s print output of the 1970s and 80s — a body of material which defied the censorship of Soviet-controlled Hungary with humor and absurdity. A new 24-page riso-printed publication is released on occasion of the show.

A challenger of the academic and artistic establishment of Hungary from the beginning, Tót initially rose to prominence as an abstract painter but denounced the medium for what he termed his “Zero Tendency,” a conceptual turn that began with the publication of his artists’ book My Unpainted Canvases (1971). This shift ushered in a prolific phase in Tót’s career, and brought him into contact with international Mail Art and Fluxus networks, to whom he dispatched enigmatic “0” letters meant to befuddle the censors’ ever watchful eyes. Tót’s artistic production from this period also included video and photo graphic performance work, artists’ books, postcards, and typewritten documents, which were often covertly produced. Read more.

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from September 09, 2021 to November 14, 2021

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Endre Tót

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