Hegyi is the curator of the exhibition Voyage Sentimental, which includes works by the Hungarian Sándor Pinczehelyi, the South African artist William Kentridge and many more. The other main exhibitions at Meditations are Corporeal/Technoreal, by the curator Ju Jon Kim from Korea, and Identity and Tolerance, by the curator Gu Zhenqing from China. Corporeal/Technoreal examines the role of the body in art, while Identity and Tolerance, looks at the theme of intercultural dialogue.
Hegyi, director of the Musée d'Art Moderne in Saint-Étienne, is one of Europe's most important curators and art historians. For years, he viewed Central European art from the perspective of Vienna, where he was director of Ludwig Museum. In 1993, he was co-curator of the Biennale in Venice, in 1995, he was director of the Sculpture Triennial in Stuttgart, and in 2003, he was curator of the Biennale in Valencia. In 2006, he was Artistic Director of 48th October Salon in Belgrade. His latest exhibition, Micro Narratives, at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Saint-Étienne, featured works by 80 artists, mainly from the Balkan and Mediterranean regions.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI) / Photo: meditations.pl
