UPCOMING EXHIBITION:
LÁSZLÓ KONDOR
A Camera in Conflict, Triptych of the Vietnam Era
September 12, 2020 – June 12, 2021
Chicago, IL – In fall 2020, the National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) will proudly present the first major Chicago museum exhibition devoted to the photography of U.S. veteran and renowned photojournalist, László Kondor (b. 1941, Hungary). The exhibition will chart three distinct bodies of work captured by the artist during the Vietnam Era: the 1968 civil unrest during the protests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; the lived experience of the Vietnam War from the American soldier’s point of view; and that of the Vietnamese civilians. The three have never before been brought together in a museum exhibition. The thematic survey will include approximately 80 photographs of historical significance from the Vietnam era.
Kondor’s photography can be found in the Permanent Collection at the NVAM, the Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and the Modern & Contemporary Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). He served as the first, and only, official photographer for Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley from 1972 – 1976. In 1971 he was awarded LIFE Magazine’s USA Photo of the Year Award for his photograph, Boys with an American Flag, Chicago, 1968.
LÁSZLÓ KONDOR: A Camera in Conflict, Triptych of the Vietnam Era will demonstrate Kondor’s significant formal and conceptual contributions to the history of photography, showcasing his rarely exhibited master works.
LÁSZLÓ KONDOR
A Camera in Conflict, Triptych of the Vietnam Era
September 12, 2020 – June 12, 2021
Chicago, IL – In fall 2020, the National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) will proudly present the first major Chicago museum exhibition devoted to the photography of U.S. veteran and renowned photojournalist, László Kondor (b. 1941, Hungary). The exhibition will chart three distinct bodies of work captured by the artist during the Vietnam Era: the 1968 civil unrest during the protests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; the lived experience of the Vietnam War from the American soldier’s point of view; and that of the Vietnamese civilians. The three have never before been brought together in a museum exhibition. The thematic survey will include approximately 80 photographs of historical significance from the Vietnam era.
Kondor’s photography can be found in the Permanent Collection at the NVAM, the Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and the Modern & Contemporary Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). He served as the first, and only, official photographer for Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley from 1972 – 1976. In 1971 he was awarded LIFE Magazine’s USA Photo of the Year Award for his photograph, Boys with an American Flag, Chicago, 1968.
LÁSZLÓ KONDOR: A Camera in Conflict, Triptych of the Vietnam Era will demonstrate Kondor’s significant formal and conceptual contributions to the history of photography, showcasing his rarely exhibited master works.
