Ludwig Museum in Budapest opens exhibition of works by Péter Türk
(Artdaily.org)

Péter Türk (1943–2015) was a key figure of the “great generation” of Hungarian neo-avant-garde artists, who began to work in the second half of the 1960s, as well as of the “contemporary” Hungarian scene. He created works of outstanding significance in every period of a consistent and coherent, conceptually inclined career. His work is probably one of the most exciting and inspiring achievements of post-1945 Hungarian art. Péter Türk was born in Pestszenterzsébet in 1943. He attended the Fine Arts Grammar School of Budapest between 1957–1961, and from 1964, following several unsuccessful entrance exams, he studied art and Hungarian language and literature at the Teachers’ Training College of Eger. In the intervening period he learned typesetting. Following his graduation in Eger, he almost immediately joined the circuit of Hungarian