Original title: OMIKE Művészakció
Type: Fine Art Exhibition
Responsibilities: Design & Execution of the Exhibition and Graphic Design Elements
Location: Dohány Street Synagogue*, Budapest, Hungary
Year: 2011

About the Exhibition: On the eve of World War II, laws restricting the lives of people of Jewish origin were introduced in Hungary. From 1938 onwards, institutions and events were established to “parry” the effects of these laws, such as the OMIKE group, who launched their Art Action in October 1939 with the aim of keeping Hungarian Jewry at the cultural level it had reached so far and on the other hand they wanted to provide Jewish artists, writers, and musicians with work and income, who were initially “just” expelled from institutions previously open to them as a result of the restrictions of Jewish law, and later most of them unfortunately lost their lives during the Holocaust.

*The Dohány Street Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue, is the largest Jewish house of worship in Europe.