Indestructible Objects
The first exhibition of this year’s series of programs organized under the Green Skanzen initiative is titled “Indestructible Objects: Everyday Objects and Fine Art.”
Indestructible Objects – Everyday Objects and Fine Art
Skanzen Gallery, April – October 2026
Exhibition curators: Dr. Zsolt Sári and Szilveszter Áhij Jenei
Visitors can see how a worn-out object can be repurposed – and even become a medium for artistic expression.
The exhibition’s main message is that every object can live on: in the Skanzen ethnographic collection, visitors can view reference objects that demonstrate how this is possible. A worn-out scythe blade continues its life as a knife; a utilitarian tool takes on a new function and new meaning. And the “patience bottles” demonstrate the tradition of creatively reinterpreting objects, almost as works of art.
The main venue for the exhibition is the Skanzen Gallery, but starting from the entrance building, exhibition items are also displayed as part of the interiors in residential houses representing various regions:
Entrance building, train station
Péter Deim: Skanzen Capriccio
III. Upper Tisza region
Géza Samu: Angel with Turtle Wings – Protestant Church from Mánd (III-5)
II. Upland Market Town region
Mária Berhidi: Ó-ék – House from Tállya (II-1)
Ildikó Mezei – House from Hejce (II-3)
Borbála Szanyi: Clean Room – Household of Hoers from Mád (II-11)
László Szlávics: Gate of Secrets I – Merchant’s House from Mád (II-8)
Greek Catholic Church from Mándok
Valentína Várhelyi: Anonimus
I. Northern Hungary region
Péter Szalay: War and Peace – House from Nemesradnót (I-9)
The following artists’ works are on display in the Skanzen Gallery:
Gábor Altorjay • Endre Bálint • István Vilmos Steven Balogh • Imre Bukta • István Bíró • Pál Deim • Péter Deim • Gábor Dragomán • István EF Zámbó • Barna Éltes • Márk Falkai • Róbert Ferenczi • Péter Forgács • Krisztián Frey • György Galántai • László Gyémánt • Levente Horváth • Mariann Imre • Szimona Deborah Jemeljanov • Gyula Julius • Lajos Kassák • György Kemény • Ilona Keserű • Tamás Komoóczky • László Lakner • Ilona Lovas • Alexandra Mayer • Éva Mészáros • Barbara Nagy • Zsuzsa Préli • Sándor Pinczehelyi • Péter Rónai • Eszter Ágnes Szabó • Zsófia Szemző • László Szlávics Sr. • László Szlávics Jr. • Enikő Tar • Péter Ujházi • Lajos Vajda • Dániel Varga-Jancsó • Mihály Varga • Gyula Várnai
