Exhibition information

w o m e n ‘ s a r c h i v e
Another Perspective, Women’s Painting and Photography Exhibition
a c o l l a b o r a t i v e e x h i b i t i o n o f p h o t o g r a p h y

a n d p a i n t i n g s b y

T ó t h G y ö r g y ( H U )
Tot Gyurky (Hungary)
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J i ř í S t r a k a ( C Z )
Yiri (Czech Republic)

Curators: Zhang Siyong & Elders Laszlo

Organizer: Embassy of Hungary in China
Embassy of the Czech Republic in China

          Liszt Hungarian Cultural Center

          Beijing Millennium Time Gallery

Co-organizer: Millennium Time Art Center
Copyright Chain National Operation Center

Time: July 2-August 2

Exhibition consultation: 18610211798

At 4 pm on July 2, 2023, the opening ceremony of “Another Perspective, Women’s Painting and Photography Exhibition” will be held at Beijing Millennium Time Gallery. The exhibition is jointly organized by the Hungarian Embassy in China, the Czech Embassy in China and the Liszt Center-Hungarian Cultural Center, Beijing, and will feature the famous Hungarian photographer Tóth György and the famous Czech painter I Straka Jiri’s finest photographs and drawings on the theme of presenting moments in a woman’s life.
A collaborative exhibition of photography and paintings by Tóth György and Jiri Straka showcases moments of women’s lives.
Curator: Zhang Siyong, Erdész László
Venue: Beijing Millennium Gallery Beijing: 2nd Floor, Peking University Resources Tianzhu Art Center, Building 8, Fuqian 2nd Street, Shunyi District , Beijing

about the artist

György Tóth is a Contemporary photographer who was born in 1950 in Budapest. He has been involved in photography since 1972. Is a member of the Association of Hungarian Photographers (MFSZ); From 1980 to 1986, he was a member of the Youth Photo graphers studio operating within the MFSZ, and from 1983 he was also a board member. Between 1980-1999, he was the photographer of Hungarian Television (MTV), and from 1997 he was the head of the channel’s Photo Department. Since 2013, he has been a member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts.

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Jiri Straka is currently a distinguished professor in the Mural Department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and the founder of the Sino-Czech Contemporary Art Museum. He was born in Prague, Czech Republic in 1967. In 1995, he graduated from Charles University in Prague with a degree in Chinese Studies. In 1997, he completed his studies in Traditional Chinese Painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. From 2000 to 2006, he served as a curator at the National Gallery in the Czech Republic. In 2006, he settled in Beijing. In 2014, he was honored with the European Cultural Art Contribution Award, the 14th edition of the European TREBBIA Culture and Art Award. He received this prestigious award from the President of the Czech Republic at the Czech Presidential Palace.

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