The 13th International Biennial of Graphic Arts

Grand Prix:

Adriena Šimotová

Grand Prix d’Honneur:

Robert Rauschenberg

International Jury Prizes:

Adriana Maraž, Michelangelo Pistoletto

Young Artist Prize:

Boris Jesih

8. 6.–15. 9. 1979

Number of artists in the main exhibition: 477

Main exhibition venues:

Moderna galerija, Ljubljana

The 13th Biennial demonstrated an interesting turn to traditional printmaking techniques and brought artists’ private mythologies to the fore. Drawing began to overrule photography and classical techniques started to supersede large formats. The nostalgically labelled “old printmaking” came to life in the form of smaller print formats, bound into books or kept in folios. The critics highlighted Finnish and Swedish printmaking, which was dominated by landscape with a touch of mysticism and romance. This Biennial indicates that the graphic arts of the late 1980s underwent a nostalgic turn, complemented by the exhibition of Božidar Jakac.


Artists

  • Francesc Abad
  • Saleh Al-Jumaie
  • José Alberto
  • Ritta Alima
  • George Allen
  • Getulio Alviani
  • Kazumi Amano
  • Junji Amano
  • Tomoyo Amimoto
  • Jiří Anderle
  • Eduard Angeli
  • Zvest Apollonio
  • Shusaku Arakawa
  • Tetsuo Araki
  • Enrique Arnal
  • Miroslav Arsić
  • Lennart Aschenbrenner
  • Jurij Atlanov
  • Efrain Avila
  • Ay-O
  • Hachmi Azza
  • Robin Bagilhole
  • Ethel Baias Lucaci
  • Dimitar Bakalov
  • Ida Barbarigo
  • Jennifer Bartlett
  • Edward Bartram
  • Fiorenza Bassetti
  • Pat Martin Bates
  • Miguel A. Battegazzore
  • René-Agass Baumgartner
  • Gabriel Belgeonne
  • Félix Beltrán
  • Anthony Benjamin
  • Gabriel Benjano
  • João Bento D'Almeida
  • Anna-Eva Bergman
  • Hartmut Berlinicke
  • Janez Bernik
  • Remo Bianchedi
  • Nikolaj Blagovolin
  • Olga Blinder
  • Boetti & Alighiero
  • Janez Boljka
  • Bogdan Borčić
  • Ivan Borisov Ivanov
  • Arun Bose
  • António Bouça
  • John Brack
  • Peter Brajkov
  • Karl Brandstätter
  • Svend Brandt-Møller
  • Herman Braun
  • Gilbert Browne
  • Michel Brunner
  • André Bucher
  • Aurel Bulacu
  • Alberto Burri
  • Nils Burwitz
  • Adina Caloenescu
  • Domenick Capobianco
  • Eugenio Carmi
  • Enrico Castellani
  • Raul Cattelani
  • Momodou Ceesay
  • Georgij Cereteli
  • Mario Ceroli
  • Kanya Charernsuphkul
  • Mian Cheng
  • Jože Ciuha
  • George Clement
  • Jock Clutterbuck
  • Arnaldo Coen
  • Pinchas Cohen Gan
  • Nistor Coita
  • Carlos Colombino
  • Maud Comstedt
  • Anna Constantinou-Wilson
  • Sosso Contaratou
  • Héctor Contte
  • Guillaume Corneille
  • Jan Cremer
  • Gwen Curry
  • Tadeusz Czober
  • Jurij Čarišnikov
  • Avgust Černigoj
  • Rada Čupić
  • Karl Fred Dahmen
  • David de Almeida
  • José de Guimarães
  • Auke de Vries
  • François Deck
  • Aleksander Dembo
  • Tonia Dendrinou-Nikolaidou
  • Agnes Denes
  • Lilibet Dewey
  • Roger Dewint
  • Antonio Diaz-Cortes
  • Jennifer Dickson
  • Liuben Dimanov
  • Ivan Dimov
  • Jim Dine
  • Diohandi
  • Živko Djak
  • Juraj Dobrović
  • Guram Dolendžašvili
  • Nuša in Srečo Dragan
  • Radu Dragomirescu
  • Emir Dragulj
  • Orsolya Drozdik
  • Sydney Drum
  • Tomislav Dugonjić
  • Wincenty Dunikowski-Duniko
  • Urs Eberle
  • Uzo Egonu
  • Avraham Eilat
  • Michael Eisemann
  • José Faria
  • Larisa Fedotjeva
  • Eugen Feller
  • Zhongtie Feng
  • Stanisław Fijałkowski
  • Christopher Finn
  • Lino Fiocchi
  • Christian Fossier
  • Antonio Freiles
  • Ivo Friščić
  • Maria Gabriel
  • György Galantai
  • Clara Gangutia Elicegui
  • Carlos Garcia Estrada
  • Patrick George
  • Sarah-Valerie Gersovitz
  • Norbert Gmeindl
  • Nikolaj Petrovič Gnatčenko
  • Heinrich Görtz
  • Marko Gosar
  • Hide Goto
  • Alan Green
  • Milena Gregorčič
  • Phil Griffin
  • Anthony Gross
  • Andreas Grunert
  • Yuan Gu
  • Carlo Guarienti
  • Schult Ha
  • Sixten Haage
  • Sakumi Hagiwara
  • Kiyoshi Hamada
  • Yozo Hamaguchi
  • Simo Hannula
  • Alice Hanratty
  • Hans Hartung
  • Antoni Haska
  • Ursula Hattich
  • George Hawken
  • Herman Hebler
  • Hermann Heintschel
  • Menhat Helmy
  • Petr Herel
  • Gilda Hernandez Pesce
  • Joan Hernández Pijuan
  • Luis Hernandez-Cruz
  • Erkki Hervo
  • Marianne Heske
  • Heinrich Heuer
  • J. C. Heywood
  • Curt Hillfon
  • Karl-Georg Hirsch
  • Howard Hodgkin
  • Luc Hoenraet
  • Rolf Federico Hoff
  • Gottfried Honegger
  • Sonja Hopf
  • Miljenko Horvat
  • Jože Horvat Jaki
  • Dževad Hozo
  • Kyu-Baik Hwang
  • Genaro Ibañez
  • Shoichi Ida
  • Masuo Ikeda
  • Monirul Islam
  • Takashi Ito
  • Bernhard Jäger
  • Petar Jakelič
  • Nenad Jakešević
  • Anatolij Jakušin
  • Susan Jameson
  • Jozef Jankovič
  • Gavin Jantjes
  • Andrej Jemec
  • Boris Jesih
  • Joachim John
  • Marvin Jones
  • Ragnheidur Jónsdóttir
  • Hildegard Joos
  • Lubomir Jordanov
  • Erling Jørgensen
  • Menashe Kadishman
  • Jan Kaliciak
  • Shin Kamiya
  • Zsigmond Károlyi
  • Pentti Kaskipuro
  • Shigeyuki Kawachi
  • Gabriel Kazinczy
  • James Kelly
  • Kenshi
  • Herbert Kerschbaum
  • Meško Kiar
  • Kosuke Kimura
  • David King
  • Yasuhumi Kitazato
  • Al Klayman
  • Julije Knifer
  • Karl Korab
  • Dragutin Kovačević
  • Bojan Kovačič
  • Radovan Kragulj
  • Peter Krivec
  • Wojciech Krzywobłocki
  • Alena Kučerová
  • Ante Kuduz
  • Ivan Kuduz
  • Pichai Kunkulsuntorn
  • Kazushi Kusakabe
  • Diddo Kusdinar
  • Duck Jun Kwak
  • Barbara Kwasniewska
  • Ivan Lacković-Croata
  • Bill Laing
  • Sonja Lamut
  • Doris Lanier
  • Leonardo Lasansky
  • Louis le Brocquy
  • Thomas Lenk
  • Greta Leuzinger
  • Jun Lin
  • Vasko Lipovac
  • Bill Lobchuk
  • Luis Lopez Loza
  • Fang Lu
  • Elina Luukanen
  • Harald Lyth
  • Florence Mahdavi
  • Vladimir Makuc
  • Sylvia Mangold Plimack
  • Jo Manning
  • Adriana Maraž
  • Matilde Marçal
  • Gustave Marchoul
  • Knox Martin
  • Antonio Martorell
  • Hiroshi Maruyama
  • Julio Mas
  • Akira Matsumoto
  • Tatsuya Matsumoto
  • Takesada Matsutani
  • Christiane Maumary
  • Dóra Maurer
  • Ann McCall
  • Bruce McCombs
  • Theo McNab
  • Gustavo Medeiros
  • Oscar Mestey Villamil
  • Wanda Mihuleac
  • Tapani Mikkonen
  • Junoš Miklavc
  • Kostadinka Miladinova
  • Branko Miljuš
  • Max Miller
  • Allan Mitelman
  • Koji Miyamoto
  • Mané Morais
  • Mayumi Morino
  • Martine Mougin
  • Susanne Mueller
  • Kaija Mustakallio
  • Zoran Mušič
  • Tadeusz Myslowski
  • Miodrag Nagorni
  • Atsuzo Nakajima
  • Takashi Nakamura
  • Reuben Nakian
  • Kotaro Nara
  • Shigeru Narikawa
  • Jean-Marc Navez
  • Clary Nelson-Cole
  • Hanne Sejrbo Nielsen
  • Dimče Nikolov
  • Tetsuya Noda
  • Hideki Noma
  • Emilia Nozko-Paprocka
  • Marjatta Nuoreva
  • Pablo Obelar
  • Masahiro Okada
  • Peter Olley
  • John Olsen
  • Gary Olson
  • Valentin Oman
  • Joerg Ortner
  • Yuichi Otake
  • Ryszard Otreba
  • Eduard Ovčaček
  • Carlos Pacheco
  • Ana Maria Pacheco
  • Andrej Pahomov
  • Klavdij Palčič
  • Mario Palli
  • Joachim Palm
  • Pilar Palomer Mateos
  • Gianfranco Pardi
  • Victor Pasmore
  • Maurice Pasternak
  • Nedeljko Pečanac
  • Borja de Pedro
  • Dušan Perčinkov
  • Rafael Pérez
  • Luis Perez Vicente
  • Merle Perlmutter
  • Jaroslava Pešicová
  • Matti Petäjä
  • Dietmar Pfister
  • Ivan Picelj
  • Ireneusz Pierzgalski
  • Sérgio Pinhão
  • Krystyna Piotrowska
  • Abdul D. Pirous
  • Michelangelo Pistoletto
  • Arthur Luiz Piza
  • Naděžda Plíšková
  • Arnaldo Pomodoro
  • Georgij Poplavskij
  • Liliana Porter
  • Concetto Pozzati
  • Péter Prutkay
  • George Raab
  • Gábor Rádoczy Gyármathy
  • Eric Rasmussen
  • Hans-Georg Rauch
  • Robert Rauschenberg
  • Mauro Reggiani
  • Vjenceslav Richter
  • Ignacio Rincon Valverde
  • Xavier Rivera
  • Jacinto Rivero
  • Serge Roch Poli
  • Victorio Rodriguez
  • Helge Roed
  • David Rose
  • Mimmo Rotella
  • Anne Rothman
  • Edi Rustiadi
  • Satoshi Saito
  • Osvaldo Salerno
  • Har Sanders
  • Masaaki Sato
  • Abdus Satter
  • Nunik Sauret
  • Sumetha Sawang
  • Roman Scheidl
  • Jürgen Schieferdecker
  • Marianna Schmidt
  • Laurence Scholder
  • Elfi Schuselka
  • Jean-Pierre Scouflaire
  • Enrique Carbajal Sebastian
  • Maksim Sedej
  • Yoshimitsu Segoshi
  • Luis Serpa
  • Carme Serra Viaplana
  • Shigeo Shinjo
  • Shozo Shinoda
  • Tadeusz Michal Siara
  • Gregorius Sidharta
  • Birgit Skiöld
  • Arlene Slavin
  • Boris Smertin
  • Guangxun Song
  • Poul Skov Sørensen
  • Steven Sorman
  • Lojze Spacal
  • Jože Spacal
  • Marko Spalatin
  • Fausta Squatriti
  • Ljubomir Stahov
  • Milan Stanojev
  • Anne Stanulis-Rothschild
  • Denis Stéen
  • Doina Steflea
  • Ion Stendl
  • Norman Stevens
  • Stojan Stojanov
  • Ove Stokstad
  • Guido Strazza
  • Tomasz Struk
  • Kaboel Suadi
  • Haryadi Suadi
  • Anupam Sud
  • Carlos Sueños
  • Kumi Sugai
  • Branko Suhy
  • Priyanto Sunarto
  • Sunaryo
  • Pishnu Supanimit
  • Tarcissius Sutanto
  • Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Per Svensson
  • Peter Sylvester
  • Iosif Szalay
  • István Szirányi
  • Jan Szmatloch
  • Gorazd Šefran
  • Adriena Šimotová
  • Miroslav Šutej
  • Hamid Tahir
  • Takashi Tanaka
  • Zhenglan Tang & Lin Lu
  • Sigeru Taniguchi
  • Süleyman Tekçan
  • Alfredo Testoni
  • Pierre-Léon Tétreault
  • Ithipol Thangchalok
  • Björg Thorsteinsdóttir
  • Halil Tikveša
  • Joe Tilson
  • Georges Touyas
  • Gino Trame
  • Jerzy Treliński
  • Jan Peter Tripp
  • Wolfgang Troschke
  • Masahiko Tsubota
  • Silvie Turner
  • Ian Tyson
  • Takeo Urae
  • Aviva Uri
  • Catherine Val
  • Walter Valentini
  • Fik van Gestel
  • Katrine van Houten
  • Leo van Steensel
  • Grazia Varisco
  • Emilio Vedova
  • Vladimir Veličković
  • José Luis Verdes
  • Hans Verduijn
  • Marília Viegas
  • Daniel Vieira
  • José Viera
  • Nanda Vigo
  • Memnuna Vila-Bogdanich
  • Darío Villalba
  • Javier Virseda Bravo
  • Hans Voigt Steffensen
  • Kanji Wakae
  • Petar Waldegg
  • Decha Warashoon
  • Shane Weare
  • Annette Weiwers-Probst
  • Dorothea Wight
  • Tadeusz Wiktor
  • Alain Winance
  • Moo-Chew Wong
  • Masao Yamana
  • Hodaka Yoshida
  • Missa Yoshida
  • Hideo Yoshihara
  • Yoshio Yoshimura
  • Gábor Záborszky
  • Gurij Zaharov
  • Ewa Zawadzka-Rykała
  • Christina Zervou
  • Zhenqi Zhang
  • Horst Zickelbein
  • Opy Zouni
  • Bernard Zurbuchen

International Jury

  • Ronald Alley
  • Riva Castleman
  • Masayoshi Homma
  • Pontus Hulten
  • Zoran Kržišnik
  • Miodrag B. Protić
  • José Aleixo de Sommer Ribeiro
  • Ryszard Stanisławski

Other Exhibitions and Projects

Publications

Biennale Organisation

Organiser: Moderna galerija, Ljubljana.
Director of Moderna galerija: Zoran Kržišnik.
Management committee of the International Biennial of Graphic Arts: Marjan Rožič (President of the Management Committee), Štefan Balažič, Boštjan Barborič, Janez Bernik, Andrej Jemec, Jak Koprivc, Leopold Krese, Zoran Kržišnik, Janko Smole.
Working Secretariat for the Organisation of the of the 13th Biennial: Zoran Kržišnik, Janez Bernik, Jože Brumen, Jože Hudeček, Sergej Pavlin, Živa Škodlar, Snežna Šlamberger, Marjan Zlobec.
Secretary General: Zoran Kržišnik.
Committee for the Selection of Works Submited for the Competition: Božo Bek, Janez Bernik, Tomaž Brejc, Andrej Jemec, Jure Mikuž, Marijan Tršar.
Arrangement of the exhibition: Janez Bernik, Tomaž Brejc, Zoran Kržišnik, Jure Mikuž.