In front of the numerous guests:
representatives of the City of
Tshwane, Ministry of Culture of
South Africa, South African visual
artists and experts foreign
ambassadors and diplomats, Croatian fellow citizens who
live in Pretoria and others, Croatian Ambassador to South
Africa H.E. Mr Ivan Picukaric opened on 10 December
2008 the Contemporary Croatian Drawing exhibition at the
Pretoria Art Museum. The Exhibition will be opened to
public from 11 December 2008 until 26 January 2009.
In front of the numerous guests: representatives of the City
of Tshwane, Ministry of Culture of South Africa, South Afri-
can visual artists and experts foreign ambassadors and di-
plomats, Croatian fellow citizens who live in Pretoria and
others, Croatian Ambassador to South Africa H.E. Mr Ivan
Picukaric opened on 10 December 2008 the Contemporary
Croatian Drawing exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum.
The Exhibitionwill be opened to public from 11 December
2008 until 26 January 2009.
The exhibition is a project of the Ministry of Culture of the
Republic of South Africa and has bee organised in partner-
ship with the City of Tshwane and Pretoria Art Museum.
The Exhibition comprises 140 works of 70 contemporary
Croatian artists, represents the finest works of different ge-
nerations of artists, including young and up-and-coming ar-
tists, and various trends in modern visual artworks of the
20th and 21st centuries – indeed a wide range and diversity
of artistic expressions.
The exhibition is sponosored by the Ministry of Culture of
the Republic of Croatia which launched its first exhibition in
2005 and has since taken it to 18 countries.
The interest shown by South Africa in hosting this exhibition
in Pretoria and Johannesburg confirms that we wish to
become acquainted with the Croatian visual art scene and
are receptive to cooperation and the exchange of cultural
projects.
Fittingly, the exhibition is held during the UNESCO Decade
on Cultural Diversity and Pluralism.
The artworks can be previewed at:
http://www.culturenet.hr/v1/hrvatski/kulturauslici.asp?b=1
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