20 Jan 2010

Quartet–Four Biennials Reflected in Prints at International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana

The exhibition presents print portfolios from four biennials (Hamburg 1985, Sydney 1990, Istanbul 1995, and Cetinje 2005) containing more than eighty graphic works by sixty well-known and established artists from all over the world; thus it mirrors the development of art in the past twenty years. These print portfolios represent a unique artistic and art-historical achievement, for they show the development of printmaking techniques and their involvement in the context of contemporary art. They present artists from different generations and different geographical settings; in this way they tear down borders and encourage further communication and creative possibilities – which is also what reproduced, multiplied, and distributed art generally does.

Hamburg 1985
Joseph Beuys, KP Brehmer, John Cage, Robert Filliou, Nam June Paik, André Thomkins, Lawrence Weiner, Emmett Williams

Sydney 1990
Dennis Adams, Barbara Bloom, KP Brehmer, Janet Burchill, John Cage, Tony Cragg, Rosalie Gascoigne, Richard Hamilton, Ilya Kabakov, Allan Kaprow, Bjørn Nørgaard, Nam June Paik, Sarkis, Julian Schnabel, Rosemarie Trockel, Peter Tyndall, Ken Unsworth, Ben Vautier, Boyd Webb, Lawrence Weiner, Emmett Williams

Istanbul 1995
Ayşe Erkmen, Rebecca Horn, Alfredo Jaar, Ilya Kabakov, Per Kirkeby, Komar & Melamid, Olaf Metzel, Tatsuo Miyajima, Aydan Murtezaoğlu, Nam June Paik, Sarkis, Rosemarie Trockel, Ken Unsworth, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Wentworth, Maaria Wirkkala

Cetinje 2005
Marina Abramović, Nevin Aladağ, Halil Altindere, Maja Bajević, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Danica Dakić, Braco Dimitrijević, Ayşe Erkmen, Jakup Ferri, Mona Hatoum, Edi Hila, Irwin, Sanja Iveković, Šejla Kamerić, Gülsün Karamustafa, Vlado Martek, Aydan Murtezaoğlu, Oliver Musovik, Dan Perjovschi, Marjetica Potrč, Anri Sala, Bülent Şangar, Sarkis, Erzen Shkololli, Nedko Solakov, Mladen Stilinović, Raša Todosijević, Jelena Tomašević, Milica Tomić, Jalal Toufic

The exhibition is organised by the International Centre of Grafic Arts, Ljubljana, and Edition Block, Berlin. The curator of the exhibition is Rene Block.