Abstract
The article analyses two art exhibitions in the context of Czech-Norwegian relations, presenting both the Czechoslovak book exhibition in Oslo (1937) and the Norwegian painting and applied art exhibition in Prague (1938) as important parts in a bilateral cultural dialogue. The promising initial communication in form of a mutual information exchange was soon disrupted by the beginning of World War II and post-war politics.
Highlights
The article analyses two art exhibitions in the context of Czech-Norwegian relations, presenting both the Czechoslovak book exhibition in Oslo (1937) and the Norwegian painting and applied art exhibition in Prague (1938) as important parts in a bilateral cultural dialogue
The Czech-Norwegian relationship can be characterised as asymetrical in a particular aspect: the number of translated texts translated from Norwegian into Czech in the last 150 years has been several times higher than those translated from Czech into Norwegian (Kilsti 2010, 258)
After 1945, the international balance of power essentially shifted, with Norway and Czechoslovakia at two separate sides of the Iron Curtain situated in opposing political systems
Summary
The article analyses two art exhibitions in the context of Czech-Norwegian relations, presenting both the Czechoslovak book exhibition in Oslo (1937) and the Norwegian painting and applied art exhibition in Prague (1938) as important parts in a bilateral cultural dialogue. The first arranged event was the exhibition of Czechoslovak books (Den tsjekkoslovakiske bok) which took place in Oslo in 1937, focused on the presentation of Czech literary history and book-design.
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