The Budapest Puppet Theatre is a 74 years old institute of the 150-year-old Budapest. The exhibition presents a rich selection of the theatre\u2019s unique puppet and art collection. Besides the puppets, photographs and posters, visitors can walk through the creation of a puppet show \u2013 from the design table to the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re celebrating the 150th anniversary of the unification of Budapest this year \u2013 the exhibition, organized for the occasion, is a symbolic handshake between two of the capital\u2019s institutions. The goals of the Budapest Puppet Theatre and the De\u00e1k17 Gallery are not that different: we feel the weight of our responsibility lies in instilling a love of our areas of expertise, be it in any segment of the arts, in the youngest age group. We stress, however, that the puppet theater, just like fine arts, does not depend on one\u2019s age but belongs to everybody!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to its 73-year past, the theater has an archive of artistically valuable puppets that can\u2019t be shown to the public for lack of an exhibition space. For this purpose, we\u2019ve joined forces now: in the framework of a temporary exhibition, we\u2019re showing part of this extraordinary collection to the public. In addition to the puppets, the exhibition also includes performance posters, photos, documents, archival materials, props \u2013 and certain elements of the oeuvre significant from the aspect of art history. Afterall, it is well known that a number of progressive artists from the circle of the European School \u2013 Lili Orsz\u00e1g, Anna M\u00e1rkus, Endre B\u00e1lint, Vera Br\u00f3dy and J\u00f3zsef Jakovits, among others \u2013 worked at the Puppet Theatre in the 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exhibition is also a tribute to all of the staff who work at the institution, as it strives to help us get to know the work of each part of the endeavor, from preparation to implementation, with a look behind the scenes. I warmly recommend it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
extract form the foreword of our catalogue
Gr\u00e9ta GARAMI
Deputy director, De\u00e1k17 Youth Art Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n