Little Warsaw
based in Budapest and Berlin, 1996 -Initiative of two visual artists, András Gálik (1970) and Bálint Havas (1971)
2006 | Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
2004 | Artists at Glenfiddich Program, William Grant & Sons, Glenfiddich |
2002 | Hungarian Institute, Rome |
2000 | Duende, Rotterdam |
2007 | 3rd Prague Biennale, Karlin Hall, Prague |
Made in, made by, Lada Project Space, Berlin | |
Société Anonyme. Frac Île-de-France Le Plateau, Paris | |
Arrivals. Modern Art Oxford, Oxford | |
Tranzit - Auditorium, Stage, Backstage. Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt | |
Little Warsaw 2004-2006. Ludwig Museum, Budapest | |
2006 | Patriotism Tomorrow. Wyspa Gallery, Gdansk |
Locally Beleived. Gallery Bergstubel, Berlin | |
Kilencvenkilenc Év. MODEM, Debrecen | |
How to Do Things (In the Middle of (No)where). Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin | |
How to Do Things (In the Middle of (No)where). Nikolaj, Copenhagen | |
Panteón. Medium Gallery, Bratislava | |
Re_dis_trans - Voltage of Relocation and Displacement. Apexart, New York | |
A Complete Guide to Re-writing Your History. Sparwasser Hq, Berlin | |
Only Artists. Trafo Gallery, Budapest | |
Eine Person allein in einem Raum mit Coca-Cola-farbenen Wänden. Grazer Kunstverein, Graz | |
The Peninsula. Artist film - video anthology, Singapore History Museum, Singapore | |
2005 | Little Warsaw 2002-2004. CCA, Vilnius |
Publication Project. Tranzit.cz - Museum in Progress, Prague and Vienna | |
Little Warsaw 2002-2004. Galerija Balen, Slavonski Brod | |
Little Warsaw 2002-2004. Galerija VN, Zagreb | |
Little Warsaw 2002-2004. Galéria Jána Koniarka, Trnava | |
2004 | "Who if not we."/ Time and Again. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
Interrupted Game. Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig | |
Travelling without Moving. W139, Amsterdam | |
Little Warsaw 2002-2004. Galéria Jána Koniarka, Trnava | |
Hot Destination/Marginal Destiny III. Galéria Jána Koniarka, Trnava | |
Four Roses. Galeria Arsenal, Bia³ystok | |
The Nefertiti Project. Het Domein, Sittard | |
European Space. Sculpture Quadrennial, Riga | |
Artists at Glenfiddich 04. The Gallery, Glennfiddich | |
Den Haag Sculpture. The Hague | |
Hot Destination/Marginal Destiny II. House of Art, Brno | |
Access.cz.hu.pl.sk. Display Gallery, Prague | |
2003 | Dreams and Conflicts. 50th Venice Biennale, Venice |
Cruising Danubio. Sala de Exposiciones de la Consejeria de las Arstes, Madrid | |
Hungary Unplugged. Cotthem Gallery, Brussel | |
1st Prague Biennale. National Gallery, Prague | |
The Nefertiti Project. (invited project) Moscow Art Fair, Moscow | |
Moszkva Square-Gravitation. Ludwig Museum, Budapest | |
Inaguration. ACB Gallery, Budapest | |
Good Soil. (invited project), MEO-Art Fair, Budapest | |
2002 | September Horse. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
Budapest Report. (invited project), ArtForum, Berlin | |
Budapest Report. Tent, Rotterdam | |
Utas és holdvilág. Ludwig Museum, Budapest | |
2001 | Krém. MEO, Budapest |
2nd Berlin Biennale. Jannowitzbrücke, Berlin | |
2000 | Crosstalk. Mûcsarnok/Kunsthalle, Budapest |
2007 | My Domain - Your Space, Studio Protokoll, Cluj |
Crew Expendable (research project) | |
2006 | '89 Rebels (research project) |
The Land of Eternal Discussion (installation project) | |
Manual (publication project) | |
Gravestone Records (research project) | |
Only Artist (research project) | |
2005 | Tableau Vivant (performance project) |
2004 | Censorship Blvd (installation project) |
Monument Contra Cathedral (installation project) | |
Deserted Memorial (installation project) | |
Little Warsaw is Dead (installation project) | |
2003 | Good Soil (installation project) |
The Body of Nefertiti (installation project) | |
MONITOR (talk show project) | |
Arsenale vs Giardini (publication project) | |
Portrait Gallery (installation project) | |
2002 | Flag (installation project) |
The Monument of the Last Biennale (installation project) | |
2001 | Side (installation project) |
Qualities (installation project) | |
Little Warsaw Presents (publication project) | |
Artwork of the Week (talk show project) | |
2000 | Marble Street (installation project) |
2006 | '89 Rebels - comic book / sample copy |
Manual - sample copy | |
LW zine / Monument contra Cathedral - reader | |
2003 | MONITOR / Arsenale vs Giardini |
Little Warsaw 1996-2002 |
Little Warsaw is a two person working team. Andras Galik and Balint Havas -- they both born and grew up in Budapest through the 70's and 80's. After they finished their academic training of visual arts in the mid 90's they set up the Little Warsaw initiative as a self-developed umbrella unit for their collaborative activities.
In their projects they use different media. Due to the collective working base they felt themselves encouraged enough also addressed to focus on the visual language at a collective extent. In their researches they followed the etymology, function, social context and unearthed possibilities of the collective visual mind and creativity. Through the example of Hungary they scooped in progress a unique transformation of visuality in public space of a society entering the so called democratic welfare transatlantic stage.
The recent projects of Little Warsaw were exhibited at the Venice Biennial, the Berlin Biennial and at many curated shows. Their work is widely presented throughout Europe and in the United States in highly estimated institutions such as the Stedelijk Museum - Amsterdam, GFZK - Leipzig or the Apex Art Gallery in New York. Through the last few years Little Warsaw was granted to stay and work for longer in Glasgow, Berlin and Copenhagen. A most recent publication is available on Little Warsaw at the MIT book: Art After Conceptual Art.