| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Date | ca. 1967-1968 |
| Object type | object |
| Medium, technique | fibreboard, collage, photo collage, object collage (assemblage) |
| Dimensions | 140 × 100 × 10 cm |
| Inventory number | MM2016.9 |
| Collection | Contemporary Collection |
| On view | Hungarian National Gallery Building D, Third Floor, Shifts – 20th Century art after 1945 |
György Kemény, who started out as a graphic artist in the 1960s, was the most consistent Hungarian representative of pop art in the 1960s, producing posters, object collages, objects, and panel paintings. Hommage à Oppenheimer is a complex collage in which Kemény combined photographs cut out of magazines (mainly Paris Match, which was available in Hungary at the time) with a variety of colourful objects. The result was a wryly humorous pop icon that “paid tribute” to the father of the atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer, who had died in 1967.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.
