Dora Maurer, Inter-Images, 1989-90 (video still)
Dóra Maurer has been one of the leading figures of the Hungarian neo-avant-garde generation since the early 1970’s. Her work, in particular her experimental films and series of conceptual photographs, are internationally recognized. In her artistic practice, from the beginning, she has worked in a wide variety of media including photography, film, graphic prints, painting and installation. In addition to her artistic work, she is also deeply engaged in pedagogical, organizational and curatorial activities: between 1975-77, she collaborated with Miklós Erdély as the leader of the informal study circle Creativity Practices at Ganz-Mávag, Budapest and she has been teaching at the Hungarian Academy of Arts since the 1990s. She is constantly present in the most important exhibition venues all around the globe and her works can be found in private and public collections like MoMA NY, Tate and Centre Pompidou.
