Responsibility, from the Early Series

Explore 'Responsibility,' a haunting 1938 work by Gyorgy Kepes. This grayscale surrealist piece deconstructs classical forms, evoking decay & disruption through geometric abstraction. A powerful early example of conceptual art.


György Kepes (1906 - 2001)

György Kepes (1906-2001) was a Hungarian-born painter, photographer & design theorist pivotal to the Bauhaus movement. Explore his influential work in visual communication, abstract art, and education of vision. Founder of MIT's Center for Advanced V