With the 8th Biennial, screen printing became widely established and validated in artistic terms as a relevant and applicable printmaking technique. At the same time, some fresh derivations in woodcut were observed, especially by artists from Japan. Screen printing gained prominence with pop art but was used more intensively by artists working in optical structuralism, new abstraction and minimalism. New technical processes and developments in printing technology introduced the distinction between artistic and commercial, as well as pure and applied graphic art. The organiser also announced something new for this year, a plan for the Ljubljana–Bled printmaking studio, even though the idea did not see the light of day until 1987 when the printmaking workshops were set up at the International Centre of Graphic Arts. Jože Brumen developed a logo for the event from Picelj’s poster for the 5th International Exhibition of Graphic Arts, which is still in use today.
The 8th International Exhibition of Graphic Arts
Grand Prix:
Janez Bernik
Grand Prix d’Honneur:
Giuseppe Capogrossi
International Jury Prizes:
Jiří Anderle, Lourdes Castro, Frank Stella
6. 6.-31. 8. 1969
Number of artists in the main exhibition: 338
Main exhibition venues:
Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
Artists
- Antonio Berni
- Reina Kochashián
- Fernando Lopez Anaya
- Carlos Pacheco
- Juan Carlos Romero
- Antonio Seguí
- John Edward
- Alun Leach-Jones
- Jan Senbergs
- Peter Bischof
- Theo Braun
- Godwin Ekhard
- Adolf Frohner
- Giselbert Hoke
- Adi Holzer
- Fred Nowak
- Valentin Oman
- Rudolf Schönwald
- Josef Schwarz
- René Carcan
- Francis De Bolle
- Frédéric Deguide
- Paul Franck
- Gustave Marchoul
- Maurice Pasternak
- Roger Raveel
- Igor Swyngedau
- Raoul Ubac
- Paul Van Hoeydonck
- Vivian-Joyce Wauters
- Marthe Wery
- Graciela Rodo-Boulanger
- Maria Bonomi
- Roberto De Lamonica
- Anna Bella Geiger
- Anna Letycia Quadros
- Arthur Luiz Piza
- Isabel Pons
- Mana Parpoulova
- Roumen Skortchev
- Petar Tchouklev
- Pat Martin Bates
- Albert Dumouchel
- Eva Landori
- Michael Morris
- Bodo Pfeifer
- Jean-Paul Riopelle
- Irene Whittome
- Roser Bru
- Sergio Gonzalez-Tornero
- Pedro Millar
- Eduardo Vilches
- Enrique Zanartu
- Alfonso Quijano Acero
- Stelios Votsis
- Jiří Anderle
- Jiří Balcar
- Eva Bednářová
- Albín Brunovský
- Jiří John
- Alena Kučerová
- Naděžda Plíšková
- Adriena Šimotová
- Pravoslav Sovák
- Vladimír Suchánek
- Naděžda Synecká
- Miloš Urbásek
- Fritz Cremer
- Bernhard Heisig
- Gerhard Kettner
- Armin Münch
- Erik Lagoni Jakobsen
- Richard Mortensen
- Gino Scarpa
- Lauri Ahlgrén
- Simo Hannula
- Raimo Kanerva
- Pentti Kaskipuro
- Pekka Mäkinen
- Karel Appel
- Yannick Ballif
- Anna-Eva Bergman
- Lourdes Castro
- François Fiedler
- Georges Foissy
- Christian Fossier
- Claude Garache
- Maurice Gasquet
- Gerardiaz
- Marc Giai-Miniet
- Johnny Gotthard Friedlaender
- René Guiffrey
- James Guitet
- Alain Jacquet
- Barbara Kwasniewska
- Jean Lodge
- François Lunven
- Jean Messagier
- François Morellet
- Zoran Mušič
- Enrique Peyceré
- Paul Rebeyrolle
- Jean-Claude Reynal
- Denys Riout
- Alain Suby
- Kumi Sugai
- Gérard Titus-Carmel
- Victor Vasarely
- Gudrun von Maltzan
- Georges Behrakis
- Achilles Droungas
- Constantin P. Grammatopoulos
- George Nikolas Krallis
- Hélène Papaïoannou
- Rodolfo Abularach
- Imre Bak
- Arnold Gross
- Lájos Kondor
- Gábor Pásztor
- Ármann Gudmundur Sigurjónsson
- Einar Hákonarson
- Thorvalduv Skúlason
- Jyoti Bhatt
- Somnath Hore
- Devayani Krishna
- Yahia Alsheikh
- Salem Dabbagh
- Michael Farrell
- Patrick Hickey
- John Kelly
- Michael Gross
- Mordecai Moreh
- Igael Tumarkin
- Getulio Alviani
- Marina Apollonio
- Ida Barbarigo
- Alberto Biasi
- Giuseppe Capogrossi
- Eugenio Carmi
- Piero Dorazio
- Ezio Gribaudo
- Giuseppe Guerreschi
- Mario Micossi
- Gastone Novelli
- Klavdij Palčič
- Achille Perilli
- Lucio Saffaro
- Lojze Spacal
- Guido Strazza
- Emilio Vedova
- Antonino Virduzzo
- Kunihiro Amano
- Tetsuo Araki
- Fumiaki Fukita
- Shiro Fukuzawa
- Hideo Hagiwara
- Yozo Hamaguchi
- Hideo Horii
- Masuo Ikeda
- Yukihisa Isobe
- Mitsuo Kano
- Takeshi Kawashima
- Kenji Kusaka
- Takesada Matsutani
- Fuki Mishio
- Kazumasa Nagai
- Tetsuya Noda
- Manaby Onogi
- Tsuyoshi Yayanagi
- Hideo Yoshihara
- Roger Bertemes
- Frantz Kinnen
- Jef Diederen
- Corneille Guillaume Beverloo
- Anton Heyboer
- Sipke Huismans
- Reinier Lucassen
- Werner Moonen
- Ko Oosterkerk
- Hannes Postma
- John Drawbridge
- Ralph Hotere
- Derek Mitchell
- Mervyn Williams
- Herman Hebler
- Victor Lind
- Ryszard Warsinski
- Albina Akritas
- Dmitrij Bisti
- Aleksander Dembo
- Illarion Golicin
- Gunar Krollis
- Vladimir Kutkin
- Hugo Mitt
- Claudio Juárez
- Eduardo Moll
- Jose Carlos Ramos Galves
- Zofia Broniek
- Stanislaw Labecki
- Zbigniew Lutomski
- Lucjan Mianowski
- Andrzej Pietsch
- Janusz Przybylski
- Ewa Śliwińska
- Leszek Sobocki
- Manuela Jorge
- João Navarro Hogan
- Fernando Pinto Calhau
- Mariana Quito
- Ion Bitzan
- Şerban Gabrea
- Ethel Lucaci Baias
- Ileana Micodin
- Ion Nicodim
- José Luis Alexanco
- Eduardo Chillida
- Joanet Gardy Artigas
- Alejandro Gomez Marco
- Antonio Lorenzo
- Joan Miró
- Pablo Palazuelo
- Yago Pericot
- Juan Romero
- Julián Santamaria
- Antonio Saura
- Marcos Yrizarry
- Bengt Böckman
- Jan Forsberg
- Par Gunnar Thelander
- Bertil Lundberg
- Lasse Söderberg
- Nils G. Stenqvist
- Per Svensson
- Jacques Zadig
- Alfred Hofkunst
- Rolf Iseli
- Bernhard Luginbühl
- Alex Sadkowsky
- Hans Schweizer
- Thakol Priyakanitbhong
- San Sarakornborirak
- Tuan Thirapichit
- Horst Antes
- Wolff Buchholz
- Toni Burghart
- Günter Drebusch
- Rainer Gottlieb Mordmüller
- Ev Grüger
- Karl Heinz Droste
- Alfonso Hüppi
- Rainer Kallhardt
- Axel Knopp
- Reinhold Koehler
- Joachim Palm
- Otto Piene
- Christa Rudloff
- Emil Schumacher
- Reiner Schwarz
- Ingrid Vebendoerfer
- Hans D. Voss
- Robin Denny
- Richard Hamilton
- David Hockney
- Gordon House
- John Hoyland
- Allen Jones
- Mark Lancaster
- Henry Moore
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Victor Pasmore
- Colin Self
- Richard Smith
- Joe Tilson
- Miguel Bresciano
- Giancarlo Puppo
- Luis Alberto Solari
- Teresa Vila
- Lee Bontecou
- Bernard Childs
- Anne Flora
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Gordon W. Gilkey
- Jasper Johns
- Ron B. Kitaj
- Misch Kohn
- Robert Motherwell
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Larry Rivers
- James Rosenqvist
- Andrew Stasik
- Frank Stella
- Romas Viesulas
- Maruja Rolando
- Mersad Berber
- Janez Bernik
- Janez Boljka
- Bogdan Borčić
- Stojan Ćelić
- Mihailo Čumić
- Slavoljub Slavko Čvorović
- Riko Debenjak
- Živko Djak
- Juraj Dobrović
- Milorad Doca Janković
- Emir Dragulj
- Mladen Galić
- Jože Horvat Jaki
- Dževad Hozo
- Božidar Jakac
- Petar Jakelič
- Andrej Jemec
- Bogdan Kiar Meško
- Marija Branka Košković
- Marko Krsmanović
- Ante Kuduz
- Ivan Kuduz
- Vladimir Makuc
- Adriana Maraž
- Branko Miljuš
- Miodrag Nagorni
- Virgilije Nevjestić
- Ankica Oprešnik
- Ratko Petrić
- Ivan Picelj
- Marjan Pogačnik
- Zlatko Prica
- Ljerka Šibenik
- Kemal Širbegović
- Miroslav Šutej
- Vladimir Veličković
- Memnuna Vila Bogdanić
- Marjan Vojska
- Karel Zelenko
- Mariam M. Abdel Alim
- Hussein Al Gébali
- Mohssein Charara
- Farouk Chéhata
- Ahmed Maher Raif
International Jury
- Umbro Apollonio
- Jiří Kotalik
- Zoran Kržišnik
- Dietrich Mahlow
- François Mathey
- Miodrag B. Protić
- Edy de Wilde
Other Exhibitions and Projects
Publications
Biennale Organisation
Organiser: Moderna galerija, Ljubljana.
Director of Moderna galerija: Zoran Kržišnik.
Preparation committee of the exhibition: Zoran Kržišnik, Janez Bernik, Jože Brumen, Riko Debenjak, Majda Jerman, Sergej Pavlin, Viktor Polak, Melita Stele-Možina.
Secretary General of international graphic arts exhibitions in Ljubljana: Zoran Kržišnik.
Committee for the Selection of Works Submited for the Competition: Stojan Ćelić, Radoslav Putar, Melita Stele-Možina.
Arrangement of the exhibition: Sergej Pavlin, Zoran Kržišnik.