Commission for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries’ Exhibition Sto listova jugoslovenske moderne grafike and its Role in the Development of Cultural Relations of Yugoslavia with Foreign Countries in the First Half of the 1950s

Abstract

The article discusses the collection/exhibition Sto listova jugoslovenske moderne grafike (One Hundred Sheets of Modern Yugoslav Graphic Art) organized by the Commission for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (Komisija za kulturne veze s inostranstvom) and the way in which travelling exhibitions of the early 1950s were used as a platform for establishing and strengthening the interstate and cultural ties of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia. In two identical versions and under different titles, the exhibition Sto listova jugoslovenske moderne grafike was simultaneously hosted throughout South America and Europe (Greece, Germany, Poland) between 1953 and 1956. On the basis of archival and library holdings as well as contemporary periodicals, the paper analyses the activity of the Commission for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, as well as the purpose, content and importance of the established collection of contemporary Yugoslav graphic art and the promotional character and reception of the exhibition in local and international context.

Keywords

• exhibition
• graphic art
• collection
• Sto listova jugoslovenske moderne grafike
• Komisija za kulturne veze sa inostranstvom
• cultural politics