The 10th jubilee edition of the Biennial also marked the highlight of the event, as it was essentially dedicated to Pablo Picasso, the master of contemporary printmaking. Alongside the Biennial, the nine Grand Prize recipients to date also put on solo shows, which affirmed the significance of the Biennial across the globe. Nevertheless, the organiser was aware that certain structural changes (both in terms of content and organisation) were necessary for the event. The international meeting of the AICA International Association of Art Critics in Ljubljana discussed the possible changes that the Biennial should introduce and particularly the role of contemporary printmaking in the light of formal and technical innovations in print processes, printed applications to other surfaces and in the space, relations to posters, photo graphics, computer graphics and similar novelties. They also discussed the possibility of presenting graphic works according to stylistic orientations, which would replace national selections. The jubilee event also introduced itself with a new name: The Biennial of Graphic Arts.
The 10th Biennial of Graphic Arts
Grand Prix:
Miroslav Šutej
Grand Prix d’Honneur:
Riko Debenjak, Robert Rauschenberg, Victor Vasarely
International Jury Prizes:
Andrzej Lachowicz, Janez Bernik, Robert Ryman
Prix d’Honneur:
Bengt Böckman, Luis Camnitzer, Alena Kučerová
4. 6.-31. 8. 1973
Number of artists in the main exhibition: 403
Main exhibition venues:
Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
Artists
- Norman Ackroyd
- Ado
- Eino Ahonen
- Aljbina Akritas
- Borislav Aleksić
- José R. Alicea
- Ritta Alima
- Getulio Alviani
- Kazumi Amano
- Shige Amano
- Jiří Anderle
- William Anderson
- Ana-Maria Andronescu
- Zvest Apollonio
- Tetsuo Araki
- Richard Artschwager
- Ay-O
- Ron B. Kitaj
- Rasim Babaev
- M. Balakjian
- George Baldessin
- Yannick Ballif
- Mario Ballocco
- Dipak Banerjee
- András Baranyay
- Ida Barbarigo
- Thomas Bayrle
- Eva Bednářová
- Arnold Belkin
- Mersad Berber
- Anna-Eva Bergman
- Hartmut R. Berlinicke
- Janez Bernik
- Roger Bertemes
- Ruth Bess Courvoisier
- Norma Bessouet
- Guillaume Beverloo Corneille
- Alberto Biasi
- Bengt Böckman
- Janez Boljka
- Marie Anne Bolle
- James Bolton
- Maria Bonomi
- Bogdan Borčić
- Bořivoj Borovský
- Fionnuala Boyd, Leslie Evans
- Herman Braun
- Elaine Breiger
- Anne Breivik
- Jim Brodie
- Roser Bru
- Michel Brugerolles
- Albín Brunovský
- Nils Burwitz
- Adela Caballero
- Carlos Cabe
- Antonio Calderara
- Iberê Camargo
- Luis Camnitzer
- Sergio Camporeale
- Carmelo Carra
- Nino Cassani
- Lourdes Castro
- Raul Cattelani
- Vija Celmins
- Georgij Cereteli
- Bernard Childs
- Eduardo Chillida
- Marcel Chirnoaga
- Krystyna Chutkowska-Kamińska
- Peter Clarke
- Barry Cleavin
- Pinchas Cohen Gan
- Ian Colverson
- Francesco David Copello
- Francisco Corzas Chavez
- Jean Coulon
- Eduardo Cruz Fagundes
- Delia Cugat
- Avgust Černigoj
- Stojan Ćelić
- Peter Deacon
- Riko Debenjak
- Marcia Helena Demange
- Aleksander Dembo
- Roger Dewint
- Jennifer Dickson
- Liuben Dimanov
- Diohandi
- Živko Djak
- Juraj Dobrović
- Emir Dragulj
- Günter Drebusch
- Achilles Droungas
- Isabel Echarri
- Jeffery Edwards
- Felipe Ehrenberg
- Dan Erceanu
- Rolf Escher
- Jose Luis Fajardo
- Jan Fajó
- Mary Farl Powers
- Ken Farley
- Julia M. C. Farrer
- Marsha Feigin
- Luis Feito
- Pilar Font
- Victor Fortes
- Carlos Fossatti
- Michael Fossick
- Antonio Frasconi
- Yutaka Funai
- Mladen Galić
- Tibor Gáyor
- Tapan Ghosh
- Gordon W. Gilkey
- Bethy Giudice
- Leonel Góngora
- Gordon Grant Kluge
- Alfredo Guerrero
- Giuseppe Guerreschi
- Pär Gunnar Thelander
- Liviusz Gyulai
- Sixten Haage
- Abraham Hadad
- Karl Erik Häggblad
- Yozo Hamaguchi
- Hans Hamngren
- Holger Hannemann
- Simo Hannula
- Alice Hanratty
- Olle Hanspers
- Richard Hartwell
- Felix Hatz
- Herman Hebler
- Inar Helmut
- Petr Herel
- José Hernandez
- Erkki Hervo
- J. Carl Heywood
- Patrick Hickey
- Takao Hiwasaki
- Luc Hoenraet
- Giselbert Hoke
- Lorenzo Homar
- Hideo Horii
- Miljenko Horvat
- Jože Horvat - Jaki
- Cathrin Hoskinson
- Dževad Hozo
- Shoichi Ida
- Jose Antonio Iniesta
- Irene Iribarren
- Galina Ivanova
- Shigeru Izumi
- Bill Jacklin
- Božidar Jakac
- Angela Jansen
- Andrej Jemec
- Allen Jones
- Ragnheidur Jónsdóttir
- Claudio Juárez
- Jacob Kainen
- Horst Egon Kalinowski
- Shin Kamiya
- Michael Kane
- Raimo Kanerva
- Pentti Kaskipuro
- Vasso Katraki
- Angelika Kaufmann
- Nancy Keehn
- Gerhard Kettner
- Mohammad O. Khalil
- Meško Kiar
- André Kim Hamisky
- Shigeru Kimura
- Harry Kiyooka
- Anders Kjaer
- Magnús Kjartansson
- Avo Kjerend
- Aleks Kjutt
- Al Klayman
- Per Kleiva
- Sven Knebel
- Julije Knifer
- Imre Kocsis
- John-Franklin Koenig
- Miguel Kohler-Jan
- Cornelius Kolig
- Lájos Kondor
- Karl Korab
- Katia Kostova
- Yvonne Kracht
- Metka Krašovec
- Jai Krishna Agarwal
- Jens Kristleifsson
- Marko Krsmanović
- Bogdan Kršić
- Arturo Kubotta
- Alena Kučerová
- Sofija Kudrjavceva
- Ante Kuduz
- Barbara Kwasniewska
- Andrzej Lachowicz
- Roland Laforcade
- Eva Landori
- Vidie Lange
- Leonhard Lapin
- Tadeusz Lapinski
- Jens Lausen
- Renate Laxgang
- Raoul Lazar
- Alain Le Foll
- Alun Leach-Jones
- Malle Leis
- George Leolea
- Sol LeWitt
- Uri Lifshitz
- Siljvi Lijva
- Victor Lind
- Charles Lloyd
- Finn Lohmann
- Carlo Lorenzetti
- John Loring
- Hedy Lotherington
- Bernhard Luginbühl
- Pentti Lumikangas
- Angelos Makrides
- Vladimir Makuc
- Manning (Jo Rothfels)
- Adriana Maraž
- Gustave Marchoul
- Brice Marden
- Pat Martin Bates
- Antonio Martorell
- Emile Marzé
- Akira Matsumoto
- Wolfgang Mattheuer
- Dóra Maurer
- Jürgen Messensee
- Maria Mesterou
- Wanda Mihuleac
- Branko Miljuš
- Terence Millington
- Tito Miravet
- Joan Miró
- Mittsu
- Koji Miyamoto
- Manfred Mohr
- Eduardo Moll
- Lynne Moore
- Mordecai Moreh
- Richard Mortensen
- Jean-Paul Moscovino
- Robert Muller
- Armin Münch
- John Murray
- Kay Murray Weber
- Edo Murtić
- Zoran Mušič
- Tadeusz Mysłowski
- János Nàdasdy
- Miodrag Nagorni
- Tadayoshi Nakabayashi
- Jim Nawara
- Konstantin Nazarov
- Mike Nevelson
- Virgilije Nevjestić
- Décio Noviello
- Pablo Obelar
- Mayumi Oda
- Evald Okas
- Naomy Okuya
- Gary Olson
- Valentin Oman
- Kim Ondaatje
- Toni Onley
- Christopher Orr
- Joerg Ortner
- Květa Pacovská
- Hermann Josef Painitz
- Klavdij Palčič
- A. P. Panner Selvam
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Guilherme Parente
- Manuel Parralo Dorado
- Victor Pasmore
- Anjula Pasricha
- Maurice Pasternak
- Anton Perussi
- Jaroslava Pešicová
- Mihail Petkov
- Ivan Picelj
- Leon Piesowocki
- Rinaldo Pigola
- Kaljo Pillu
- Arthur Luiz Piza
- Naděžda Plíšková
- Marjan Pogačnik
- Isabel Pons
- Bruno Ponte
- Liliana Porter
- Zinaida Pozdnjakova
- Concetto Pozzati
- Giancarlo Pozzi
- Vladimír Preclík
- Thakol Preyakanitbhong
- Emilio Prieto Rodriguez
- Lalu Prosad Shaw
- Joan Rabascall
- Ulf Rahmberg
- Omar Rayo
- Nono Reinhold
- Ilda Reis
- Ceri Richards
- Rafael Rivera
- Artur Rosa
- David Rose
- Sidon Rothenberg
- Tibor Rozanits
- Frank Ruddigkeit
- Edward Ruscha
- Zdenka Rusova
- Robert Ryman
- Roger Savage
- Wolfram Schubert
- Antonio Seguí
- Maria Simon
- Francine Simonin
- Aldona Skirutite
- Roman Skowron
- Bogdan Skupinski
- Krystina Smiechowska
- Gordon Smith
- Leszek Sobocki
- Lojze Spacal
- Ole Sporring
- Antoni Starczewski
- Andrew Stasik
- Borislav Stoev
- Radu Stoïca
- Guido Strazza
- Juergen Strunck
- R. Lynn Studham
- Alain Suby
- Vladimír Suchánek
- Anupam Sud
- Kumi Sugai
- Kamol Suwutho
- Per Svensson
- Robert Swierkiewicz
- Endre Sziráki
- Feliks Szyszko
- Gorazd Šefran
- Ljerka Šibenik
- Adriena Šimotová
- Miroslav Šutej
- Bernhard Tagwerker
- Shu Takahashi
- Fumio Tamura
- Antoni Tàpies
- Gil Teixeira-Lopes
- Eugenio Tellez
- Valentin Th. Ionescu
- Ithipol Thangchalok
- Halil Tikveša
- William Tillyer
- Joe Tilson
- Georges Touyas
- Jerzy Treliński
- Gary Tricker
- Jan Peter Tripp
- Wolfgang Troschke
- Ansei Uchima
- Miloš Urbásek
- Frans Van der Sanden
- Jan Van Goethem
- Andrés Varon Cillero Dolz
- Emilio Vedova
- Vladimir Veličković
- Viktor Viljner
- Mare Vint
- Vladimir Vjetrogonski
- Tania Vladova
- Renato Volpini
- Hans D. Voss
- Jörg Voth
- Stelios Votsis
- Decha Warashoon
- Alf Welski
- Irene Whittome
- Alain Winance
- Gerd Winner
- Anna Wong
- Moo-Chew Wong
- Paul Wunderlich
- Tsuyoshi Yayanagi
- Hodaka Yoshida
- Marcos Yrizarry
- Adja Yunkers
- Karel Zelenko
- Pierre Ziesaire
International Jury
- Božo Bek
- Riva Castleman
- Zoran Kržišnik
- Sven Sandström
- Ryszard Stanisławski
Other Exhibitions and Projects
Publications
Biennale Organisation
Organiser: Moderna galerija, Ljubljana.
Director of Moderna galerija: Zoran Kržišnik.
Management committee of the Fund for the Organisation of Biennial and International Graphic Arts Exhibitions: Miha Košak (President of the Management Committee), Janez Bernik, Metod Bajer, Mitja Gorjup, Leopold Krese, Zoran Kržišnik, Anton Petkovšek.
Organising Committee of the 10th Biennial: Zoran Kržišnik, Janez Bernik, Peter Breščak, Jože Brumen, Riko Debenjak, Jože Hudeček, Majda Jerman, Oskar Kogoj, Sergej Pavlin, Živa Škodlar.
Secretary General: Zoran Kržišnik.
Committee for the Selection of Works Submited for the Competition: Miodrag B. Protić, Božo Bek, Melita Stele-Možina.
Overview of printmaking techniques: Riko Debenjak.
Arrangement of the exhibition: Janez Bernik, Zoran Kržišnik, Sergej Pavlin.