THE ARTPOOL ARCHIVES*

What can be found here?
How to use it?
Special topics

The unique collection of sources available to the public at Artpool Art Research Center covers 300 meters of shelving.

The archive and library house primarily documents relating to the Hungarian avant-garde art movements of the `70s and `80s, as well as sources on the new international art trends of the past 30 years.

Artpool is the only place in Hungary today to offer such a wealth of sources on this period and these genres.

WHAT CAN BE FOUND AT THE ARCHIVE?

Correspondance materials, notes, plans, ideas, interviews, writings, works of art, photo documents, catalogs, invitation cards, bibliographies, chronologies, diagrams, video and sound documents, CD-Roms, etc.    <>

HOW TO USE THE ARCHIVE?

The Artpool Art Research Center is open to the public and is free of charge.

Research in the archive and library is available by appointment

Books, exhibition catalogs and art documents are readily available; video and sound documents can be studied as well.

Research is aided by a catalogue and a computer- based register which is continuously enlarged and updated.

Certain documents are available only with the permission of the owner.

In the case of significant research projects, arrangements can be made for the ongoing use of all research facilities.     <>

SPECIAL TOPICS FOR RESEARCH AT ARTPOOL

Fluxus, performance, sound poetry, visual poetry, artists' bookwork, mail art, artists' stamps, artists' postcards, artists' periodicals, copy art, computer art, video art.

The Hungarian "non-authorized" art of the `60s, `70s, and `80s (including alternative art scenes and groups, contemporary music, underground art magazines, the work of Miklós Erdély, etc.).

Documentation of life-works related to Artpool's special topics: Miklós Erdély, György Galántai, Ray Johnson, Ben Vautier, G.A.Cavellini, Monty Cantsin, ASA, etc.      <>

The archive is comleted by the Library and the Collections which host mainly material related to the special topics <>

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