Ágnes Eperjesi : Private Protest
| 2008. Jan. 24 – Feb. 21 |
Opening: 7 pm 24th January 2008
Opening speech by Erika Baglyas
Curated by Tijana Stepanovic
The point of departure for the exhibition is Ágnes Eperjesi’s action which took place in Buenos Aires in 2007. The artist went on a solitary protest in the street with a large placard made of scrap wood, bearing the inscription “PROTESTA”. Deviating from everyday local practice, however, she would not take a stand for political demands, but for – or, perhaps, against – her own most private concerns. She made her own helplessness public property, collecting signatures and trying to recruit masses to support her. In other words, she appropriated the well-established modus operandi of political protest for her own ends.