Iconic Works and Fresh Contemporary Positions

At the Budapest Contemporary art fair, Nemes Gallery presents a carefully curated selection highlighting leading figures of contemporary Hungarian art, with a special emphasis on oeuvres that embody international recognition, exceptional technical mastery, and intellectual depth.

Miklós Bokor, recipient of the Munkácsy Prize, developed his artistic career in France, whose recognition is reflected, among other things, in the works preserved in the collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. His lyrical abstract compositions intertwine the beauty of nature with the dramatic layers of human history: a painting practice that is both profoundly personal and universally resonant.

Donát Márk Csáki’s painting explores the essence of nature itself: stripping away the transient, he creates quiet, meditative universes where the deeper layers of the landscape are revealed. His canvases open spaces of introspection and contemplation for the viewer.

András Mengyán advances the constructive tradition in his “Polyphonic Visual Space,” where multiplicity of viewpoints and the play of light become central motifs. In the stand’s special “dark room,” his works made with UV paint come alive, unfolding into luminous, vibrant compositions.

László Milasovszky distinguishes himself with rigorously structured yet freehand-painted canvases: softening the world of hard-edge abstraction with human gestures, his vibrant colourism breathes new life into the tradition of geometric abstraction.

László Lukácsi, an international icon of contemporary glass art, presents meticulously constructed sculptures of sheet glass, polished for weeks to achieve formal purity and precision. His son, Boldizsár Lukácsi, continues this legacy with his own abstract idiom, opening new lyrical dimensions in glass, grounded in the interplay of light and form.

The stand also featured further significant artists: the constructive compositions of Gábor Heritesz, the totemic sculpture of Pierre Székely, the works of József Jakovits drawing on mythological motifs, the light-sculpted plastics of Nándor Hérics, and Gyula Gulyás’s Cobblestones, the latter representing one of the emblematic moments of the Hungarian neo-avant-garde of the 1970s. 

The international horizon is broadened by the monumental, layered paintings of Anca Muresan and the geometric compositions of Japanese artist Haruhiko Sunagawa.

In this way, Nemes Gallery’s presentation reflects both the key directions of Hungarian contemporary art and its engagement with the international discourse—from lyrical painting and geometric abstraction to the radiant presence of glass sculpture.