With Metropolitan Baroque, the Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst (Museum of Non-Objective Art) presents the first German museum exhibition by the internationally renowned Hungarian artist Márton Nemes (born 1986 in Székesfehérvár). Living and working between New York and Budapest, Nemes is regarded as one of the most innovative voices in contemporary abstract art. Following his acclaimed presentation at the Hungarian Pavilion of the 2024 Venice Biennale, the MgK now offers a comprehensive insight into his multifaceted, highly energetic oeuvre.
Nemes combines painting, sculpture, installation, and sound to create vibrating spatial compositions. His works glow, reflect, and pulsate, drawing on influences from urban architecture, techno culture, and digital visual worlds, transforming them into immersive, sensual environments. Positioned between analogue gesture and digital aesthetics, these immersive works continuously question the relationship between surface, space, and perception—abstract painting in the age of digitalisation.
The exhibition explores the interplay between urban energy and baroque opulence, club culture and spiritual ecstasy. Nemes’ artistic practice reflects on how identity, perception, and community are transformed in a contemporary world shaped by light, sound, and movement. With Metropolitan Baroque, the Museum of Non-Objective Art continues its curatorial focus on the dialogue between abstraction, light, and digital transformation, while positioning itself as a platform for new forms of non-objective art.
A particular focus of the exhibition is the traceable artistic development of recent years: from 2020 to the present, Nemes has continuously expanded his visual language toward increasingly intense colour spaces, more complex material layering, and immersive installations. New works are being created specifically for the exhibition and will be presented to the public for the first time.
Márton Nemes studied painting in Budapest and completed his MFA at Chelsea College of Arts in London. His work has been shown internationally, including at the Ludwig Museum Budapest, the Armory Show in New York, and Double Q Gallery in Hong Kong. In 2019, he received the Esterházy Art Award. His works are held in major collections such as Kunstpalast Düsseldorf and the Ludwig Museum Budapest.
Nemes represents a new generation of abstract art that translates social themes such as digitalisation, urbanity, and subculture into a vibrant, multisensory experience—art that makes space resonate.
