a — issue No.2, Victor Vasarely, 1963
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offset print on paper
16 × 16,2 cm
Founded by the painter Ivan Picelj "edition a" represented the aesthetic and ideological positions of the international art momevent New Tendencies, which took root in Zagreb in the early 1960s. Each issue of the slim, square magazine with a lowercase letter a on the cover featured a different artist. In the first issue, Picelj published the text "For Active Art" a manifesto for the New Tendencies movement. Issue 4 is also Picelj. Issue 2 is by Victor Vasarely: issue 3 and 5 were by Vjenceslav Richter, and issue 6 included four non-stories by Dimitrije Bašičević Managelos – his first public presented work Issue 7 was by Getulio Aviani. Like Gorgona, each issue of "a" featured the work of one artist. The editor Ivan Picelj, a prolific designer and artist based in Zagreb, was a founding member of the Exat 51 group in the 1950s and an important figure in the New Tendencies movement of the 1960s. The issues of "a" consist of contributions by artists and designers directly involved in these movements – MoMA
16 × 16,2 cm
Founded by the painter Ivan Picelj "edition a" represented the aesthetic and ideological positions of the international art momevent New Tendencies, which took root in Zagreb in the early 1960s. Each issue of the slim, square magazine with a lowercase letter a on the cover featured a different artist. In the first issue, Picelj published the text "For Active Art" a manifesto for the New Tendencies movement. Issue 4 is also Picelj. Issue 2 is by Victor Vasarely: issue 3 and 5 were by Vjenceslav Richter, and issue 6 included four non-stories by Dimitrije Bašičević Managelos – his first public presented work Issue 7 was by Getulio Aviani. Like Gorgona, each issue of "a" featured the work of one artist. The editor Ivan Picelj, a prolific designer and artist based in Zagreb, was a founding member of the Exat 51 group in the 1950s and an important figure in the New Tendencies movement of the 1960s. The issues of "a" consist of contributions by artists and designers directly involved in these movements – MoMA