EXHIBITION & CATALOGUE DESIGN
The Galimberti.
The Lives and Works of Sándor Galimberti (1883–1915) and Valéria Dénes (1877–1915)
A Galimbertik. Galimberti Sándor (1883–1915) és Dénes Valéria (1877–1915) életmű-kiállítása
Fine art exhibition at Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary | 2024-2025
Curator: Gergely Barki
The Galimberti couple were seminal figures of twentieth-century modern Hungarian painting, but their promising careers were abruptly ended by their tragic deaths upon the threshold of international success. The exhibition at the Hungarian National Gallery was the most comprehensive presentation of the two artists' oeuvre to so far.
The graphic world of the exhibition and catalogue is inspired by the closely intertwined lives of the two painters. The ligatures used in the typography subtly convey the strong human connection that makes the work of the tragic artist couple truly a shared oeuvre.
The exhibition is also partly about academic research. It's about the problems that interest visitors but rarely get this much space in an exhibition. In the blue "Wanted" room, Gergely Barki's trademark, the search is on for lost works of art, while the snow-white "laboratory" offers a behind-the-scenes look at art historical research.
These two rooms of the exhibition are visually very distinct from the others. The greys are replaced by ultramarine and typography is more dominant. Letters are no longer a restrained complement to the artworks, but a monument to them in the absence of paintings.
“These two people were like two tall, slender trees, growing up straight side by side,
without bowing to each other, without depriving each other of sunlight.” (Jolán Simon)
curator & author of the catalogue: Gergely Barki
exhibition managers & editorial coordination: Noémi Horváth & Ágnes Pablényi
graphic design of the catalogue & the exhibition: Tímea Andorka
installation design: Csaba Varga
installation: KIÁLL Kft.
texts: Gergely Barki
copy editors: Judit Borus, Noémi Böröczki, Ilona Kappanyos
photographers of the artworks: Gellért Áment, György Darabos, Áron Harasztos
font: Modelista by Ratna Krismawati (Krismagraph)
printing: Pauker Holding Kft.
gold foil stamping: Zorán Aranyozó & Label
photos: Tímea Andorka
© Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, 2024