Slavko Kopač Archive - Art Rencontre

Exhibition Timeline

1938 — Salon Ulrich (Kopač – Veza), Zagreb

1938–1939 — "Last fifty years of Croatian art", The Art Pavilion, Zagreb

1939 — XIVth Exhibition of Croatian Artists, Zagreb

1940 — First Annual Exhibition of Croatian Artists, Zagreb

1942 — XXIII Biennale, Venice

1945 — Galleria d'arte Michelangelo, Florence

1947 — Turin Award, Turin; Gallery Rizzi, Florence

1948 — "Recent Drawings", YMCA Gallery, Florence

1949 — Gallery Messages, Paris

1953 — Paintings, ceramics, and sculptures, Galerie A l'Étoile Scellée, Paris

1968 — "Living Art" (1965–1968), Maeght Foundation, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

1977 — Retrospective 1935–1976, Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb

1981 — Retrospective 1936–1981, Paris Art Center

2021/22 — "Slavko Kopač", Meštrović Pavilion, Zagreb

Selected Publications

Au regard des divinités — André Breton poem, illustrated by Slavko Kopač. Edition Messages, Paris 1949.

Tir à cibles — Published by La Compagnie de l'Art Brut, 100 pieces signed by Kopač, Paris 1949.

Le soleil se couche au pays des éléphants — Six drawings on wood plates. Paris 1951.

Météores — Radovan Ivsic poem, presented and illustrated by Kopač, Paris 1967/68.

Chapeau ivre — Texts and illustrations by Kopač, Edition Pierre Chave, Vence 1972 & 1994.

Mes très riches heures — Texts and illustrations, lithograph edition (150 copies), Pierre Chave, Vence 1972.

Pierre Joinul: Mon prof de Maths sent le tabac, ah — Envelope and drawings by Kopač, Edition P.J. Oswald, Paris 1967.

Legacy & Conversations

"Freedom is always very expensive. I have paid much for it — and I am pleased. I need nothing more." — Slavko Kopač, Radio Interview, 1984

Hommage to Christopher Columbus, 1949

"Art Brut," said Kopač, "is not a school — it's a human necessity." His collaboration with Jean Dubuffet shaped a movement that sought sincerity over sophistication.

Through decades of curation and creation, Kopač preserved authenticity at the heart of artistic expression, leaving behind a legacy that remains profoundly modern.

His interviews reflect deep conviction: that art must serve no master, and that liberation in creation is the artist's highest goal.

Young Girl on the Window, 1940

"I feel not only liberated, but free. Freedom is expensive — I paid much for it, and I need nothing more."

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