trigon 81
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paper, print, 21,7 x 20,7 cm
exhibition catalogue
trigon 81: auf der suche nach den autonomien. der regionalismus in der kunst
17 October–8 November 1981
Neue Galerie u. Künstlerhaus, Graz / Neue Galerie Graz im steirischen herbst 1981
The three-country project “trigon” was a biennial that featured contemporary art from the regional neighbors Austria, Italy, and what was then Yugoslavia. This biennial was founded in Graz, Austria, in 1963 and recurred until 1995, by which point a new Europe and a more global understanding of art had already emerged. Throughout its three-decade run, trigon sought to present the latest developments in art—and it was also one of the first international exhibition series to include artists from Yugoslavia, some of whom went on to enjoy further international success.
The trigon 81 exhibition was devoted to the search for new autonomies and dealt with a certain regionalism in art. In Italian art, the 1980s prominently featured the trans-avant-garde [Transavanguardia] movement in painting, thus named by Achille Bonito Oliva, while Austria’s contributors belonged to the “New Painting” [Neue Malerei] school and the German painters were referred to as the “New Wild Ones” [Neue Wilde]. All of these countries and artistic practices, along with their representatives, had been highlighted in the “Aperto” section of the 1980 Venice Biennial and thus achieved international renown. trigon 81 also included socially conscious and critical art by artists such as Mladen Stilinović and Christian Boltanski. W.S.
exhibition catalogue
trigon 81: auf der suche nach den autonomien. der regionalismus in der kunst
17 October–8 November 1981
Neue Galerie u. Künstlerhaus, Graz / Neue Galerie Graz im steirischen herbst 1981
The three-country project “trigon” was a biennial that featured contemporary art from the regional neighbors Austria, Italy, and what was then Yugoslavia. This biennial was founded in Graz, Austria, in 1963 and recurred until 1995, by which point a new Europe and a more global understanding of art had already emerged. Throughout its three-decade run, trigon sought to present the latest developments in art—and it was also one of the first international exhibition series to include artists from Yugoslavia, some of whom went on to enjoy further international success.
The trigon 81 exhibition was devoted to the search for new autonomies and dealt with a certain regionalism in art. In Italian art, the 1980s prominently featured the trans-avant-garde [Transavanguardia] movement in painting, thus named by Achille Bonito Oliva, while Austria’s contributors belonged to the “New Painting” [Neue Malerei] school and the German painters were referred to as the “New Wild Ones” [Neue Wilde]. All of these countries and artistic practices, along with their representatives, had been highlighted in the “Aperto” section of the 1980 Venice Biennial and thus achieved international renown. trigon 81 also included socially conscious and critical art by artists such as Mladen Stilinović and Christian Boltanski. W.S.