Filip Trade Collection
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The Filip Trade Collection (Croatian: Zbirka Filip Trade) is a large private collection of contemporary Croatian art. The collection is a subsidiary of Filip Trade, a distribution company with its offices located in the capital city of Croatia, Zagreb
. The offices and collection are currently undergoing a move and will soon be relocated in a purpose built venue in the Črnomerec
district of Zagreb, Croatia. The collection was founded in the nineties with the acquisition of the Drystone Walls graphic by artist Oton Gliha
, an acquisition suggested by the Croatian art critic and connoisseur Radovan Beck. Nowadays, the collection holds works of Croatian artists created from the 1950s, up to today. The earliest piece in the collection dates back to 1949 and is the bronze sculpture Bara with a Chicken by the Croatian sculptor Ivan Kožarić
.
In the past several years the Collection has been more focused on the current production of artists of a younger and middle generation. The collection keeps longstanding relationships with some artists. For example the collection has 33 works over a 12 year relationship with the Croatian painter Lovro Artuković
. However the collection is also continually accepting new artists, in the last year 4 new artists were brought into the collection Silvia Sofija, Andreja Kulunčić
, Silvo Šarić and the youngest artist in the collection, Igor Ruf, born 1984. The collection also has significant works from the artists involved in key periods and groups in Croatian art history, for example Exat 51, New Tendencies, Gorgona Group
and Informel.
The collection is very involved in the contemporary art scene of Croatia. The Filip Trade award was distributed yearly from 2002 until 2005 to a young emerging Croatian artist. In 2002 the Filip Trade award was given to David Maljković, in 2003 the winner of the award was Matko Vekić
, Kristian Kožul was the recipient in 2004 and in 2005 the Filip Trade award was presented to Viktor Popović. The collection has also worked with artists, independent artist associations and cultural institutions to organise various art projects and exhibitions throughout Europe. For example, the Filip Trade Collection organised a number of independent exhibitions which comprised the Linienstrasse113 project, organised in Berlin. The collection also regularly holds an exhibition hosted by Gallery 5 Kula at the yearly Motovun Film Festival
in Istria, Croatia. They have also supported the publication of the artist book, Data book on Hydrocarbons, by one of their featured artists who works under the name, Puma 34.
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
. The offices and collection are currently undergoing a move and will soon be relocated in a purpose built venue in the Črnomerec
Crnomerec
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district of Zagreb, Croatia. The collection was founded in the nineties with the acquisition of the Drystone Walls graphic by artist Oton Gliha
Oton Gliha
Oton Gliha was a Croatian painter of Slovenian descent. He was born on May 21, 1914 in Črnomelj, Slovenia, in a Slovenian family originating from Istra, . The families residence was dictated by his father's civil service. Until the age of ten, he lived in Slavonia, , and later moved to Zagreb...
, an acquisition suggested by the Croatian art critic and connoisseur Radovan Beck. Nowadays, the collection holds works of Croatian artists created from the 1950s, up to today. The earliest piece in the collection dates back to 1949 and is the bronze sculpture Bara with a Chicken by the Croatian sculptor Ivan Kožarić
Ivan Kožarić
Ivan Kožarić is a Croatian artist who works primarily with sculpture but also works in a wide variety of media, including: permanent and temporary sculptures, assemblages, proclamations, photographs, paintings and installations...
.
In the past several years the Collection has been more focused on the current production of artists of a younger and middle generation. The collection keeps longstanding relationships with some artists. For example the collection has 33 works over a 12 year relationship with the Croatian painter Lovro Artuković
Lovro Artuković
Lovro Artuković is a contemporary Croatian painter and graphic artist who primarily paints large scale figurative canvases. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany.-Artistic career:...
. However the collection is also continually accepting new artists, in the last year 4 new artists were brought into the collection Silvia Sofija, Andreja Kulunčić
Andreja Kulunčić
Andreja Kulunčić is a contemporary Croatian artist, living and working in Zagreb, Croatia.In her art practice she deals with current social issues by appropriating various conventional forms of communication, for example: radio shows, advertisements, newspaper articles, etc...
, Silvo Šarić and the youngest artist in the collection, Igor Ruf, born 1984. The collection also has significant works from the artists involved in key periods and groups in Croatian art history, for example Exat 51, New Tendencies, Gorgona Group
Gorgona Group
The Gorgona Group , was a Croatian avant-garde art group which consisted of artists and art historians: Dimitrije Bašičević-Mangelos, Miljenko Horvat, Marijan Jevšovar, Julije Knifer, Ivan Kožarić, Matko Meštrović, Radoslav Putar, Đuro Seder, Josip Vaništa, operated along the lines of anti-art in...
and Informel.
The collection is very involved in the contemporary art scene of Croatia. The Filip Trade award was distributed yearly from 2002 until 2005 to a young emerging Croatian artist. In 2002 the Filip Trade award was given to David Maljković, in 2003 the winner of the award was Matko Vekić
Matko Vekić
Matko Vekić was born in 1970 in Zagreb, Croatia. He is a contemporary Croatian artist working in the medium of painting. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia....
, Kristian Kožul was the recipient in 2004 and in 2005 the Filip Trade award was presented to Viktor Popović. The collection has also worked with artists, independent artist associations and cultural institutions to organise various art projects and exhibitions throughout Europe. For example, the Filip Trade Collection organised a number of independent exhibitions which comprised the Linienstrasse113 project, organised in Berlin. The collection also regularly holds an exhibition hosted by Gallery 5 Kula at the yearly Motovun Film Festival
Motovun Film Festival
Motovun Film Festival is an annual film festival established in 1999 and held in Motovun, Croatia. It usually takes place over 5–6 days in late July or early August...
in Istria, Croatia. They have also supported the publication of the artist book, Data book on Hydrocarbons, by one of their featured artists who works under the name, Puma 34.
List of artists represented in the Filip Trade Collection
- Stanko AbadžićStanko AbadžićStanko Abadžić is a Croatian photographer and photojournalist. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.Stanko Abadžić began his professional career in photography as a photojournalist for the Croatian daily newspaper Vjesnik. During that period he made well-known reportages from Tunisia, Malta,...
- Marina AbramovićMarina AbramovicMarina Abramović is a Belgrade-born New York-based Serbian performance artist who began her career in the early 1970s. Active for over three decades, she has recently begun to describe herself as the “grandmother of performance art.” Abramović's work explores the relationship between performer and...
- Getulio AlvianiGetulio AlvianiGetulio Alviani is an Italian painter born in Udine. He is considered to be an important International Optical - Kinetic artist.-Life and work:Since childhood Alviani showed talent for design and geometric drawing...
- Lovro ArtukovićLovro ArtukovićLovro Artuković is a contemporary Croatian painter and graphic artist who primarily paints large scale figurative canvases. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany.-Artistic career:...
- Damir Babi
- Željko Badurina
- Gordana Bakić
- Vojin BakićVojin BakićVojin Bakić was a prominent Croatian sculptor of Serbian descent.-Work and Artistic Career:Bakić was an important figure, particularly in the 50’s and 60’s Croatian contemporary art scene, and collaborated with the group EXAT-51 and the Nove tendencije movement...
- Breda Beban
- Milivoj Bijelić
- Tomislav Brajnović
- Gordana Bralić
- Ante Brkan
- Stojan Ćelić
- Boris CvjetanovićBoris CvjetanovićBoris Cvjetanović is a Croatian photographer. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.From 1976 to 1984 he worked as a restoration sculptor at the Croatian Restoration Institute. From 1981 he started publishing his photographs in student papers...
- Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan
- Boris Demur
- Braco DimitrijevićBraco DimitrijevicSlobodan Dimitrijević , known as Braco Dimitrijević is a Paris-based Yugoslavian artist. His works deal mainly with history and the individual's place in it....
- Juraj DobrovićJuraj DobrovićJuraj Dobrović Juraj Dobrović Juraj Dobrović (born, 1928 in Jelsa, Croatia is a Croatian artist working in the media of sculpture, painting and graphic arts. The focus of his art is mainly oriented towards geometrical structures. He makes use of light effects to emphasize the plasticity of the...
- Zlatan Dumanić
- Dušan DžamonjaDušan DžamonjaDušan Džamonja was a contemporary Croatian sculptor of Macedonian origin.Džamonja's work shows a tendency towards technical and formative experiments, reducing form to the dynamic and intense shapes of symbolical meaning...
- Eugen Feller
- Ivan FijolićIvan FijolićIvan Fijolić is a contemporary Croatian artist working primarily in the medium of sculpture. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia....
- Ivana Franke
- Mladen Galić
- Ivo Gattin
- Vilko GecanVilko GecanVilko Gecan was a Croatian artist, influential in the Zagreb modern art scene of the 1920s and 30s. He is best known for his expressionist paintings and drawings, and for his contributions to the avantgarde magazine Zenit. He showed his work in many solo and group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad...
- Grubimiks Labyrinth
- Boris Guina
- Tina Gverović
- Stanko Herceg
- Oskar HermanOskar HermanOskar Herman was a Croatian Jewish painter. He was one of the group of Croatian artists known as the Munich Circle, who had a strong influence on modern art in Croatia.-Biography:...
- Vlatka Horvat
- Nina IvančićNina IvančićNina Ivančić was born in 1953 in Zagreb, Croatia. She is a contemporary Croatian artist working mainly in the mediums of painting and drawing....
- Nikolina Ivezić
- Ratko Janjić-Jobo
- Paulina Jazvić
- Anto Jerković
- Željko JermanŽeljko JermanŽeljko Jerman , was a Croatian photographer who experimented the possibilities of photography as a medium....
- Marijan JevšovarMarijan JevšovarMarijan Jevšovar was a Croatian painter and founding member of the prominent 60s Croatian art group known as, Gorgona Group....
- Duje JurićDuje JurićDuje Jurić is a Croatian contemporary artist and one of the key figures of the New Geometry movement of the 1980s. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia....
- Albert KinertAlbert KinertAlbert Kinert, born in 1919 in Vinkovci, Croatia and died in 1987 in Zagreb, Croatia, was a Croatian artist and illustrator who worked in the media of painting and graphic arts....
- Željko KipkeŽeljko KipkeŽeljko Kipke is a Croatian artist. His practice is based on painting and experimental film, but he is also a published art critic and theoretician. He was born in Čakovec, Croatia, but lives and works in Zagreb....
- Josip Klarica
- Julije KniferJulije KniferJulije Knifer was a Croatian painter and founding member of the prominent 60s Croatian art group known as, Gorgona Group....
- Zlatko KopljarZlatko KopljarZlatko Kopljar is a contemporary artist living and working in Zagreb, Croatia. He works in a variety of different media including photography, video and performance....
- Alem Korkut
- Daniel Kovač
- Nikola Koydl
- Ivan KožarićIvan KožarićIvan Kožarić is a Croatian artist who works primarily with sculpture but also works in a wide variety of media, including: permanent and temporary sculptures, assemblages, proclamations, photographs, paintings and installations...
- Kristian Kozul
- Ines Krasić
- Vlado KristlVlado KristlVladislav "Vlado" Kristl was a filmmaker and artist from Zagreb, Croatia, best known for his celebrated animations and short films....
- Andreja KulunčićAndreja KulunčićAndreja Kulunčić is a contemporary Croatian artist, living and working in Zagreb, Croatia.In her art practice she deals with current social issues by appropriating various conventional forms of communication, for example: radio shows, advertisements, newspaper articles, etc...
- Julio Le ParcJulio Le ParcJulio le Parc is a modern Latin American kinetic artist born in 1928 and active mainly in Argentina. He is also an Op artist.-External links:**...
- Kristina Lenard
- Zvonimir LončarićZvonimir LoncaricZvonimir Lončarić was a Croatian sculptor and painter.In 1955, he graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts at the University of Zagreb....
- Siniša MajkusSiniša MajkusSiniša Majkus was born in 1962 in Rijeka, Croatia. He is a contemporary sculptor who, using metal wire, creates sculptures which have the characteristics of spatial drawings. He currently lives and works in Matulji, Croatia....
- David Maljković
- Dimitrije BašičevićDimitrije BasicevicDimitrije Bašičević was an artist, critic and curator, working under the pseudonym Mangelos. He made handmade books, sculptures and paintings....
, (Working under the name, Mangelos) - Antun Maračić
- Ines Matijević Cakić
- Kata Mijatović
- Jadranka Mlinar
- Marijana Muljević
- Sofija Naletilić Penavuša
- Damir Očko
- Ljubo Perčinlić
- Jelena Perić
- Petikat
- Ordan Petlevski
- Ivan PiceljIvan PiceljIvan Picelj was a contemporary Croatian painter, sculptor and graphic designer.Picelj developed a specific variation of geometric abstraction in Croatian painting by using primary colours and by reducing the shapes to geometric elements. He made sculptures and reliefs in wood and in metal...
- Viktor Popović
- Puma 34
- Nika Radić
- Kosta Angeli RadovaniKosta Angeli RadovaniKosta Angeli Radovani was a Croatian sculptor and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.After World War II he was one of the founders of the Zagreb Academy of Applied Arts in 1950 where he was the head of the department of sculpture until the academy closed in 1955...
- Lala Raščić
- Božidar RašicaBožidar RašicaBožidar Rašica was an architect, scenographer and painter.-Career:He studied in Rome, Belgrade, Warsaw and Zagreb where he graduated in 1942...
- Josip Restek
- Vjenceslav RichterVjenceslav RichterVjenceslav Richter was a Croatian architect. He was also known for his work in the fields of urbanism, sculpture, graphic arts, painting and stage design.-Career:...
- Igor Rončević
- Igor Ruf
- Silvo Šarić
- Tomo Gecan Savic
- Edita Schubert
- Đuro SederĐuro SederĐuro Seder is a Croatian painter. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.At the beginning of his career he worked as an illustrator, image editor and designer at various magazines...
- Frano Šimunović
- Sofija Silvia
- Damir Sokić
- Aleksandar SrnecAleksandar SrnecAleksandar Srnec was a Croatian artist. He is mainly known for his avant-garde designs and kinetic and lumino kinetic art....
- Miljenko StančićMiljenko StančićMiljenko Stančić , was a Croatian painter and graphic artist. He is famous for his vast painting oeuvre of Varaždin cityscapes....
- Mladen StilinovićMladen StilinovićMladen Stilinović born, 1947 in Belgrade, Serbia is a conceptual artist and one of the leading figures of the so-called "New Art Practice" in Croatia. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.Stilinović's works are based on the idea of social and art critique...
- Damir Stojnić
- Miroslav ŠutejMiroslav ŠutejMiroslav Šutej was a Croatian avant-garde painter and graphic artist.Šutej was born in Duga Resa in 1936. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb and was an associate in Krsto Hegedušić's master's workshop...
- Marko Tadić
- Slaven ToljSlaven ToljSlaven Tolj , a multimedia artist from Dubrovnik, Croatia. He achieved international recognition for his installations, body art, and performances presenting distinct political and social-cultural criticism....
- Goran TrbuljakGoran TrbuljakGoran Trbuljak is an award-winning Croatian cinematographer.Trbuljak had first studied at the graphic arts department of the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated from in 1972...
- Marija Ujević-GaletovićMarija Ujević-GaletovićMarija Ujević Galetović is a Croatian sculptor, but also works in the medium of painting. She lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.-Work and Artistic Career:...
- Nikola Ukić
- Viktor Vasarely
- Zlatan Vehabović
- Matko VekićMatko VekićMatko Vekić was born in 1970 in Zagreb, Croatia. He is a contemporary Croatian artist working in the medium of painting. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia....
- Mirjana Vodopija
- Zlatan Vrkljan
- Silvio Vujičić
- Vlasta Žanić
Recent history of the Filip Trade Collection
- 2001
- 10 years of the Filip Trade Collection, exhibition and publication in association with the Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb.
- 2002
- Filip Trade Award, winner David Maljković for the work State of Paintings – Independent Form.
- Filip Trade Collection, exhibition and publication in Gallery Manes, Prague.
- 2003
- Filip Trade Award, winner Matko Vekić for the work The Sheep That Did Not Get Lost.
- 2004
- Image and Object, exhibition and publication in the Art Gallery Dubrovnik, DubrovnikDubrovnikDubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
. - The Repository, exhibition and publication, Ex - TKZ, Zagreb.
- Filip Trade Award, winner Kristian Kožul for the work Golden Collection.
- 2005
- Filip Trade Award, winner Viktor Popović for the work No Title.
- 2006
- 64, exhibition in Gallery Josip Račić, Zagreb.
- 12R37, exhibition, publication and posters in the Komiža City Library, Island of Vis (island)Vis (island)Vis is the most outerly lying larger Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, and is part of the Central Dalmatian group of islands, with an area of 90.26 km² and a population of 3,617 . Of all the inhabited Croatian islands, it is the farthest from the coast...
.- 2007 – 2008
- Project Linienstrasse113, exhibitions and web site, BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
.- 2008
- L.A. Unfinished, Promotion of the film by Igor Mirković in Cinema Europe.
- A Different Motovun, exhibition and blog, at the Motovun Film Festival, MotovunMotovunMotovun is a village in central Istria, Croatia. The population of the village itself is 531, with a total of 983 residents in the municipality ; 442 of the residents have Italian as their mother language...
.- 2009
- Finalists, Exhibition, publication and web site, Labin City Gallery (Sabina Salamon), LabinLabinLabin is a town in Istria, Croatia, with a town population of 6,884 and 11,703 in the greater municipality ....
. - Why So Serious?, exhibition and artist book by Puma 34: Data book on Hydrocarbons at the Motovun Film Festival, Motovun.
- This exhibition is dedicated to our grandfather K.P., exhibition and promotion of artist book: Data book on Hydrocarbons, in association with the Croatian Designers Association, Zagreb.
- 2010
- In Person, exhibition and web site at the Motovun Film Festival, Motovun.