Trónkultúra

The starting point for my study entitled Throne-Culture is provided by the main themes of Anna Margit’s exhibition entitled When Dolls Speak. The exhibition was on display at the Hungarian National Gallery in the summer of 2024. I thought about modernity in the sense that it represents change and transformation compared to the previous era, and in this context I opted for a broad interpretation of the notion. In addition to material change, alteration, and simplification, there was also a concept in which multiple functions could be added to the appearance of the object. I analyze the chair as an instrument of position. In its classical interpretation, it symbolizes absence, invisibility, and the need for change (István Farkas, Margit Anna). Levente Thury used invisibility in the sense of the non-presentable, so in his art, the chair became a throne, a divine throne, and in this sense, with the help of Jewish mysticism, it became proof of the existence of God.

Keywords: modernity, transformation, chair, absence, throne, depiction of God,
Doll, Golem, István Farkas, Margit Anna, Levente Thury