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,

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. The offices and collection are currently undergoing a move and will soon be relocated in a purpose built venue in the

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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 ( Črnomelj, 21 May 1914 - Zagreb, 19 July 1999) was a Croatian artist, born in Slovenia. A graduate of the Academy of fine Arts in Zagreb, Gliha continued his studies in Paris, Vienna and Munich. He is best known for his series of abs ...

, 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 Lovro Artuković (born in 1959 in Zagreb) is a contemporary Croatian painter and graphic artist who primarily paints large scale figurative canvases. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Artistic career For nine years, until 2003, he worked as an ...

. 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 (born 1968) 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 sho ...

, 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,

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and

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. 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

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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 Abadžić *

Marina Abramović Marina Abramović ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Абрамовић, ; born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, feminist art, the relationship between the performer and aud ...

Getulio Alviani Getulio Alviani (5 September 1939 in Udine – 24 February 2018 in Milan) was an Italian painter based in Milan. He is considered to be an important International Optical - kinetic artist. Life and work Alviani was born in Udine, where he sho ...

*Damir Babi *Željko Badurina *Gordana Bakić *

Vojin Bakić Vojin Bakić ( sr-cyrl, Војин Бакић; 5 June 1915 – 18 December 1992) was a prominent Yugoslav sculptor. Educated at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and by Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršinić, Bakić's early works were dominated by ...

*Breda Beban *Milivoj Bijelić *Tomislav Brajnović *Gordana Bralić *Ante Brkan *Stojan Ćelić *

Boris Cvjetanović Boris Cvjetanović (born 1953 in Zagreb) 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 photograph ...

*Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan *Boris Demur *

Braco Dimitrijević Slobodan "Braco" Dimitrijević (born 18 June 1948) is a Bosnian conceptual artist. His works deal mainly with history and the individual's place in it. He lives and works in Paris, France. He has exhibited internationally since the 1970s, includ ...

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 t ...

*Zlatan Dumanić *

Dušan Džamonja Dušan Džamonja ( sr, Душан Џамоња, ; 31 January 1928 – 14 January 2009) was a Yugoslav sculptor of Serbian ancestry. Education and career Džamonja was born in 1928 in Strumica, former Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In ...

*Eugen Feller * Ivan Fijolić *Ivana Franke *Mladen Galić *Ivo Gattin * Vilko Gecan *Grubimiks Labyrinth *Boris Guina *Tina Gverović *Stanko Herceg * Oskar Herman *Vlatka Horvat * Nina Ivančić *Nikolina Ivezić *Ratko Janjić-Jobo *Paulina Jazvić *Anto Jerković * Željko Jerman * Marijan Jevšovar * Duje Jurić *

Albert Kinert Albert Kinert (born in 1919 in Vinkovci, Croatia and died in 1987 in Zagreb, Croatia) was a Yugoslav artist and illustrator who worked in the media of painting and graphic arts. Under the pseudonym Toma Božić he made a series of comics published ...

Željko Kipke Željko Kipke (born 3 March 1953) 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. He was an as ...

Josip Klarica Josip Klarica (1946-2020) was a Croatian artist working in the mediums of film and photography. Klarica was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia. He first studied photography and then attended the Film Academy in Prague (1975–77). As an ar ...

* Julije Knifer * Zlatko Kopljar *Alem Korkut *Daniel Kovač *Nikola Koydl * Ivan Kožarić *Kristian Kozul *Ines Krasić *

Vlado Kristl Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl (24 January 1923, Zagreb, Croatia – 7 July 2004, Munich, Germany) was a filmmaker and artist, best known for his animations and short films. Biography Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl was born 24 January 1923 in Zagreb, Croati ...

* Julio Le Parc *Kristina Lenard * Zvonimir Lončarić *

Siniša Majkus Siniša Majkus (born 1962 in Rijeka, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia), is a contemporary sculptor who, using metal wire, creates sculptures which have the characteristics of spatial drawings. He currently lives and works in Matu ...

*David Maljković * Dimitrije Bašičević, (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 Ordan Petlevski (24 January 1930, Prilep – 22 January 1997, Zagreb) was a prominent artist working in the media of painting, drawing, graphic arts and illustration. Education and career In the early 1950s, Petlevski came to study in Zagreb, wh ...

* Ivan Picelj *Viktor Popović *Puma 34 *Nika Radić * Kosta Angeli Radovani *Lala Raščić * Božidar Rašica *Josip Restek *

Vjenceslav Richter Vjenceslav Richter (; 8 April 1917 – 2 December 2002) was a Croatian architect. He was also known for his work in the fields of urbanism, sculpture, graphic arts, painting and stage design. Career In 1949, Richter graduated at the Department o ...

*Igor Rončević *Igor Ruf *Silvo Šarić *Tomo Gecan Savic *Edita Schubert * Đuro Seder *Frano Šimunović *Sofija Silvia *Damir Sokić * Aleksandar Srnec * Miljenko Stančić * Mladen Stilinović *Damir Stojnić * Miroslav Šutej *Marko Tadić * Slaven Tolj *

Goran Trbuljak Goran Trbuljak (born 21 April 1948 in Varaždin) is a Croatian cinematographer, photographer and conceptual artist. Trbuljak had first studied at the graphic arts department of the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated from in 1972. Afte ...

* Marija Ujević-Galetović *Nikola Ukić * Viktor Vasarely *Zlatan Vehabović * Matko Vekić *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,

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. :''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

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. *2007 – 2008 :''Project Linienstrasse113'', exhibitions and web site,

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. *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,

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. *2009 : ''Finalists'', Exhibition, publication and web site, Labin City Gallery (Sabina Salamon),

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. :''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.McKay, Rebecca, ''Autopotret u Filmskom Taboru'', Zarez, October 28, 2010.

Notes and references

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External links

Lauba websiteLinienstrasse 113 Project websiteU Drugom Filmu exhibition blog spotFinalisti exhibition websiteGlavom i Bradom exhibition website
Croatian contemporary art Private collections in Croatia