Motivations for the Artistic Exchange on the Balkans in the First Half of the 20th Century. I. The Exhibition of Belgrade Society​ of "Oblik", held in Sofia (1934) Cover Image
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Мотивации на художествения обмен па Балканите през първата половина на ХХ век. I. Изложбата на белградското дружество "Облик" в София, (1934)
Motivations for the Artistic Exchange on the Balkans in the First Half of the 20th Century. I. The Exhibition of Belgrade Society​ of "Oblik", held in Sofia (1934)

Author(s): Irina Genova
Subject(s): History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Visual Arts
Published by: Институт за изследване на изкуствата, Българска академия на науките

Summary/Abstract: The interest in the art contacts between Balkan countries is on one hand related to the common interest in the assimilation of modern tendencies in this region in the last years, and on the other - to the current situation in the Balkans. What was the cultural activity on the Balkans in the 1930-s, how were the artistic relations realized thanks to/in spite of the political ones, when were they most intensive, and when were they broken off, what were (where there any) consequences in the artistic orientations - tendencies, styles, forms -these are part of the questions concerned in the article. The biggest challenge in the research on the contacts between the Balkan artistic m​ilieus is how to combine the contextual plan of discussion and the analysis of form and style. Without knowing the diplomatic, military, economic relationships we won’t be able to under­ stand why the exhibition of “The Seven” in Belgrade was in 1933, of “Techni” - in 1936, the Bulgarian exhibition in Germany - in 1941, why Bulgaria took part in the Venetian biannual in 1942. But if we ignore the level of artistic form we would lose the particular subject of interest. For the artistic circles in Sofia in the first half of the 20-th century, the most active contacts are those with Belgrade, Zagreb, Ljubljana. During the 30-s especially in the period between 1933 - 1939 the exhibition exchange grew up.

  • Issue Year: 2001
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 32-37
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Bulgarian