primer prodajne galerije Adria Art v New Yorku
Nadja Zgonik (Author)

Abstract

Leta 1967 je bila v New Yorku odprta prva jugoslovanska prodajna galerija, Adria Art Gallery. Med ZDA in komunistično Jugoslavijo je od petdesetih let dalje potekala živahna ekonomska in kulturna izmenjava, kar je v času hladne vojne Jugoslavijo med komunističnimi državami postavljalo v poseben položaj. Eksperimentalno je razvijala družbo, v kateri se je v šestdesetih letih začel socializem mešati s tržnim gospodarstvom in vplivi ameriške potrošniške kulture. Članek pojasnjuje kulturnopolitični kontekst, ki je omogočil, da je socialistična država v mestu, ki je po drugi svetovni vojni postalo zahodna umetnostna prestolnica sveta, odprla svojo prvo prodajno galerijo in preizkusila umetnike na prostem trgu. Njeno zgodovino in odzive na njeno delovanje raziskujemo s sekundarnim gradivom, časopisnimi članki, dostopnimi na dLib in v hemeroteki MG + MSUM, arhivsko gradivo o njenem delovanju se namreč ni ohranilo. Z ustanovitvijo prodajne galerije sta združila moči ameriško zastopstvo jugoslovanskega podjetja za mednarodno trgovino Intertrade iz Ljubljane in Zoran Kržišnik, ravnatelj ljubljanske Moderne galerije, kot njen programski vodja, ki si je prizadeval, da bi se z mednarodnimi nagradami potrjeni jugoslovanski umetniki uveljavili še na umetnostnem trgu. Zaradi gospodarske krize leta 1968 in ker podjetje, ki se je ukvarjalo s prodajo smuči in stolov, ni razumelo načel umetnostnega trga, je šla galerija po letu dni v likvidacijo.

Keywords

umetnostni trg;ameriško-jugoslovansko kulturno sodelovanje;kulturna diplomacija;vesternizacija;amerikanizacija;Adria Art;New York;1967-1968;Jugoslavija;Kulturna politika;

Data

Language: Slovenian
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL ALUO - Academy of Fine Arts and Design
UDC: 316.7:069
COBISS: 101987843 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 0351-4285
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Secondary language: English
Secondary title: Yugoslav socialist art on the American market
Secondary abstract: In 1967, New York saw the opening of Adria Art Gallery, the first Yugoslav sales gallery in the city. Since the fifties, there had been a blooming economic and cultural exchange between the U.S. and Yugoslavia, making Yugoslavia an important exception among the communist countries during the Cold War. Yugoslavia was experimenting by combining socialism with aspects of the market economy and American consumer culture. The paper explains the cultural and political context that enabled the socialist country to establish an art dealership in the art capital of the West and offer the works of Yugoslavian artists on the free market. The gallery’s history and public reception are examined through secondary sources such as newspaper articles available on dLib and the MG+MSUM newspaper library (archive sources about Adria Art Gallery’s operations have not been preserved). The sales gallery was founded when the Ljubljana-based international trade company Intertrade joined forces with Zoran Kržišnik, the director of the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana. One of Kržišnik’s main goals was to give award-winning Yugoslavian artists the opportunity to make a name for themselves in the international art market. However, the economic crisis in 1968 and Intertrade’s poor understanding of the art market (they primarily dealt in ski apparel and chairs) resulted in the gallery closing down after a year of operations.
Secondary keywords: art market;American-Yugoslavian cultural exchange;cultural diplomacy;Westernization;Americanization;
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: str. 30-43
Volume: ǂLetn. ǂ49
Issue: ǂšt. ǂ283
Chronology: 2021
ID: 19872202