Péter Gémes

In his third creative period, starting around 1990, the artist abandoned historical references and groups of characters dressed in archaizing costumes and arranged in theatrical tableaux. The process of gradual simplification began with the four-part Diary series.

Péter Gémes (b. 1951 in Budapest) is one of the outstanding exponents of the use of photographs in the Hungarian visual arts.

Ludwig Museum’s collection includes three works by the artist. The earliest work was made in Poland – GÉMES studied graphic art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw – and represents a stylistic transition between lithography and photomontage.