18th International Exhibition of Drawings / 18. DC

The International Exhibition of Drawings is a traditional art show belonging to the recognizable programs which have been acknowledged by experts and which contributed to the growing reputation of Rijeka’s Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art as one of the leading museums in Croatia. Idea on initiating the relevant international art event has risen back in 1968. Since then, this art show has lived through seventeen editions that altogether confirmed its importance.

Through large diversity and plurality, the drawing has demonstrated a continuation of traditional comprehension, but also a great conceptual span, overlapping and interpenetration with other media, including the active relation with the audience. Coming of age in its 18th edition, after more than 40 years of existence, growth, transformation and crisis, the exhibition currently faces a new challenge, one of self-renewal.
For this reason it was decided that the central theme of the 18th International Exhibition of Drawings (2013) will cover the issue of original drawing. The question arises as to what is a present position of „classical“ drawing rendered  by standard drawing techniques on a traditional surface, is it still out there, has it been overpowered by contemporary tendencies or perhaps it actual, alive and interesting.
The selection of drawings for the next exhibition has been executed by the Organisational Committee of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in collaboration with the Expert Board which gathers visual art experts, connoisseurs of contemporary drawing who pursue drawing either in a theoretical way or use drawing to creatively express themselves. The Expert Board members are: Vladimir Velickovic, academician; Slavica Marković, M.Sc; Henri François Debailleux, art citric; Frano Dulibić, Ph.D.;  drawers Davor Vrankic and Tomislav Čeranić.
The exhibition will be open on January 25th 2013, realized as a dynamic combination of main, selected exhibitions of international and Croatian authors.
E. Pignon, N. Devereux, J. Zonder, M. Carrasquer, R. Lanzarini, M. Oosterbaan, T. Jonsbu, H. Linck, J. Zanki, Z. Keser, N. Kavurić Kurtović, T. Buntak, R . Šimrak, I. Rončević, T. Gverović, E. Santini, M. Tadić are just some of the 39 excellent artists presented at the exhibition.