Inconnu Art Group - (later Inconnu Independent Art Group) - is the name of a Hungarian group of maverick fine artists in the communist and postcommunist era. Original and founder members are Bokros Péter, Molnár Tamás, Csécsei Mihály, Mészáros Bánk, Letenyei József, Sipos Mihály, Kopács Kovács Miklós, Morva Ibolya. The foundation date of the group is unknown. As Péter Bokros remembers (in 2005); they started their common activities in 1978, Cegléd, but their name wasn't "inconnu" then.
They took part in (often illegal) exhibitions and performances in the eighties; and were considered as an important part of the Hungarian democratic opposition both in Hungary and in abroad. From 1979 they were subject to serious manhunt by the Hungarian authorities, and they were continuously followed and eyed by secret agents .
You can see some famous old pictures of them here and here.
After 1994 some members became active again and continued – with their words – their „anti-communist” drive, now against the (postcommunist-socialist) governments (led by Hungarian Socialist Party, MSzP). Anybody of their to undertake sincerely direct political activity in some party and civilian campaign. Some another member all through to follow the way of independent art and to reason about "rubberized horror of global powers". Their new one webpage Here. Rest of group's webpage here is still under construction.
An artwork of Kopács Kovács Miklós in year 1984 in Hungary
when their country was than under pressure of invander Soviet Union.
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