The Collection of Central and Eastern Europe was established in 2019. It focuses on artists who come from Central and Eastern Europe, whose works created after 2000 can be regarded as chefs-d’oeuvre. The purpose of the collection is to explore possible links and ties among authors from the V4 states (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland), followed by artists from Albania, Croatia, Serbia, Northern Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Furthermore, the collection seeks to foster interest in natural integration of various artistic expressions, positions, generations as well as geography-specific works of art. What is more, the collection aims to initiate exhibitions and research projects based on cooperation with artists and cultural institutions of the countries mentioned above. Finally, the collection will help integrate GMU into international context.
Usual interpretation of art and history follows two timelines – national and world. Such an interpretation is inevitably prone to lose interconnection and links. The methodology and collecting strategy of the Collection of Central and Eastern Europe uses a completely different apparatus for evaluation, which is primarily based on comparison of works by authors from similar cultural and geographical areas. It is based on the conviction that a national history cannot be viewed in isolation; it only becomes meaningful in the context of events and historical events surrounding it.
Peter Rónai, MOTIF HUNTER, 1983–1989
Dezider Tóth, MASKS, 1989
Dezider Tóth, FUNERAL CARD BEHIND THE AVANT-GARDE, 1976
Eva Koníček, 120 × 100 CM, SHEPS, ACRYLIC, CANVAS, BLIND FRAMES, 45 × () (FROM THE CYCLE HERE YOU STARE), 2013
Vladimír Havrilla, SIMPLE FIGURE, 1974
Ľubomír Ďurček, MR. VIHORLAT ATACKING AGAIN, 1990
Ľubomír Ďurček, LAST ASSEMBLY, 1989
Orshi Drozdik, INDIVIDUAL MYTHOLOGY: GETTING OUT OF THE CAGE, 1976–77
Károly Halász, PRIVATE BROADCASTING, 1974
Ilona Németh (co-author: Marián Ravasz), BRING BACK NATURE!, 1991
Ilona Németh (co-author: Marián Ravasz), BRING BACK NATURE!, 1991
Sándor Pinczehelyi, XY I–II., 1973–1975
Sándor Pinczehelyi, COBBLESTONE IS THE WEAPON OF THE PROLETARIAT, 1974
Bálint Szombháty, HAMMER AND SICKLE (SRP I ČEKIĆ), 1974–2014
Bálint Szombháty, VIDEO PROJECT, 1973–1974
Bálint Szombháty, TESLA IS GOING TO SPACE, 2016
Bálint Szombháty, LÁSZLÓ BEKE WITH THE T-SHIRT OF SZOMBATHY ART, 1981
Vladimír Havrilla, BARBARELLA, 1970–2024
Vladimír Havrilla, THE SECOND SIDE OF THE RECORD (NO. 64), 1981
Veronika Rónaiová, A–Z, 1991–1995
Peter Bartoš, UNTITLED (SO-CALLED SITUOART), 1969–1991
Peter Bartoš, PROTECTING SLOVAKIA FROM A BAD PROJECT, 2016
Peter Bartoš, CZECHIA + SLOVAKIA, 1993
Peter Bartoš, IN THE CZECH LANDSCAPE, 1975
Károly Halász, STRUCTURES, 1979–1980
Miloš Laky, Stano Filko, Ján Zavárský, Peter Bartoš, Juraj Meliš, Rudolf Sikora, Róbert Cyprich / Hervé Fischer, Dezider Tóth, Jana Želibská, SYMPOSION 74 – INFORMATION ABOUT A FRIENDLY MEETING, 1974
Rudolf Sikora, TRIBUTE TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE MERIDIAN AND THE PARALLEL, 1971–1975
Ryszard Waśko, 30 SOUND SITUATIONS, 1975
Ryszard Waśko, A→B→A (FROM A TO B AND BACK TO A), 1974
Juraj Meliš, IDEA, 1975
GRUPA ZERO-61, 1969
Paweł Jarodzki, ROLL ON, 1985
Paweł Jarodzki, JOSEPG BEUYS – I LOVE YOU, 1985
Paweł Jarodzki, UNTITLED, 1980s
Andrzej Dudek-Dürer, META TRIP X, 1990
Jerzy Kosałka, SZOPKA GDAŃSKA, 2019
Barbara Kozłowska, CIĄGŁE SPADANIE, 1968
Zbigniew Makarewicz, BYL LAS, 1979
Stanisław Dróżdż, BEZ TYTUŁU [MIKRO – MAKRO], 1971-73
Stanisław Dróżdż, BEZ TYTUŁU [TAK NIE], 1970-77
Stanisław Dróżdż, OPTIMUM (MINIMAMUM – MAXIMUM), 1968-77
Wojciech Bruszewski, JĘZYK BALETOWY, 1973
Wojciech Bruszewski, TAŃCZY WOJCIECH BRUSZEWSKI, 1973
Józef Robakowski, O PALCACH, 1982
Józef Robakowski, MÓJ TEATRE, 1985
Józef Robakowski, DLA WARSZTATU FORMY FILMOWEJ: BLIŹEJ – DALEJ, 1984
Józef Robakowski, ŁÓDŹ KALISKA, 1986
Teresa Murak, ZASIEW [KOLEKCJA ROŚLINNA], 1975
Teresa Murak, ZASIEW [KOLEKCJA ROŚLINNA], 1975
Barbara Kozłowska, CIĄGŁE SPADANIE, 1968–1977
Jarosław Kozłowski, ĆWICZENIA Z MIERZENIA, 1969-2023
Grzegorz Klaman, WIELKA CZARNA GŁOWA, 1988
Grzegorz Klaman, KORYTO, 1988
Grzegorz Klaman, OBELISKY, 1988
Grzegorz Klaman, WIEŻA Z KOŚCI SŁONIOWEJ, 1990
Grzegorz Klaman, POLEND, 2006
Anna Kutera, FEMINIST PAINTING, 1973
Zbigniew Libera, WARIAT, 1984
Zbigniew Libera, WARIAT, 1984
Jerzy Truszkowski, TRIPTÝCH NARZĄD (NARZĄD NICOŚĆI), 1984
Jerzy Truszkowski, TRIPTÝCH NARZĄD (NARZĄD KOBIECI), 1984
Jerzy Truszkowski, TRIPTÝCH NARZĄD (NARZĄD MĘSKI), 1984
Ewa Ciepielewska, WEIRD LANDSCAPE, 1985
Alicja Żebrowska, PRZYPADKI HUMANITARNE, 1994
Alicja Żebrowska, PRZYPADKI HUMANITARNE, 1994
Bozena Grzyb-Jarodzka, PAWEŁ, 1993
Jerzy Kosałka, OCET [Z CYWKLU POSLKI POP-ART], 1986
Laďa Gažiová, UNTITLED, 2018
Laďa Gažiová, UNTITLED, 2016
Laďa Gažiová, UNTITLED, 2018
Laďa Gažiová, UNTITLED, 2016
Paweł Jarodzki, JOSEPH BEUYS – I LOVE YOU, 1986
Anna Daučíková, MOSCOW DIARY, 1989
Anna Daučíková, MOSCOW DIARY, 1989
Anetta Mona Chisa & Lucie Tkáčová, WHEN LABOUR BECOMES FORM, 2007
Bača Dalibor, CZ_SK_HU_D_PL, 2014 © Dalibor Bača
Bača Dalibor, CZ_SK_HU_D_PL, 2014 © Dalibor Bača
Alexey Klyuykov & Ladislava Gažiová, PORTRAIT OF FATHER WITH VIOLIN, 1939/2017
Vasil Artamonova & Alexey Kluykov, GARAGE, 2006
Ivars Gravlejs, KARLIS KALBERZS, 1912
Ivars Gravlejs, TOMS ROZEMBAUMS, 1963
Alice Nikitinová, BANNERS, 2010
Peter Rónai, ABC, 1988
Peter Rónai, ART OF THE 60′, 1988
Peter Rónai, BOLERO, 1989
Peter Rónai, DADA METRONOME, 1988
Peter Rónai, FORMATIONS, 1988
Peter Rónai, FORMATIONS (PC remake), 1998
Peter Rónai, OH OH OH, 1988
Peter Rónai, OBJECT SUBJECT, 1988
Peter Rónai, OBJECT ACTION, 1989
Peter Rónai, POCKET ART, 1989
Peter Rónai, PRINCIPLES OF MODERN ART, 1988
Erik Sikora, INVENTION OF NAVIGATION, 2007
Sláva Sobotovičová, SEARCHING FOR 1234, 2005
