Full Description
This catalogue for an exhibition at MAXXI Museum in Rome brings together 50 contemporary artists from ex-Yugoslavia whose work explores the history of the region through the action of contemporary heroes, and reflects on issues of acceptance and peaceful coexistence. In thematic sections (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, Hope, Risk, the Individual, Otherness, Metamorphosis), the show asks if the legacy of Socialism can help to recover the concept of "common good" in a complex region which has recently endured the tragedy of a civil war and the rise of Nationalism.
Text in English and Italian.
Contents
Essays:
Preface by Giovanna Melandri
Be Greater than Ourselves! In the Guise of a Preface by Hou Hanru
A journey through the exhibition by Giulia Ferracci
Bigger than Myself - from Ex-Yugoslavia with Love by Zdenka Badovinac
History as a Common. Scenes for a New Heritage in the Art of Ex-Yugoslavia by Marco Scotini
The (Non-)Contemporaneity of Heroism by Miklavž Komelj
Shock-Workers on Shock-Therapy by Branislav Dimitrijević
The Hero Is a Modest Amateur. On Blaise, Bond and Korchagin by Boris Buden
Bigger Than Oneself by Tomaž Mastnak
Three Fragments on Heroes by Mladen Dolar
Postulates of Neohumanism, Or Why Can Reason Only Be Human? by Keti Chukhrov
List of artists:
FREEDOM
Maja Bajević, Djordje Balmazović, Lana Čmajčanin, Group of Anonymous
Artists and Activists, Ibro Hasanović, IRWIN, Adela Jušić, Siniša Labrović, Dalibor Martinis, Tobias Putrih, Driton Selmani, Mladen Stilinović, Milica Tomić, Udruženje Kurs
EQUALITY
Marina Abramović, Božena Končić Badurina, Duga Mavrinac, Vlasta Delimar, Hristina Ivanoska, Sanja Iveković, Gjorgje Jovanovik, Darinka Pop-Mitić, Marta Popivoda, Ana Vujanović, Lala Raščić, Želimir Žilnik
BROTHERHOOD
Danica Dakić, Igor Grubić, Doruntina Kastrati, Somer Şpat, Marko Tadić,Miro Manojlović
HOPE
Yane Čalovski, Jasmina Cibic, David Maljković, Luiza Margan, Anja Medved,
Nadja Velušček
RISK
Lenka Djorojević, Matej Stupica, Siniša Ilić, Marko Peljhan, Matthew Biederman, Andrej Škufca, Natalija Vujosević
AN INDIVIDUAL
Fatmir Mustafa-Karllo, Tomislav Gotovac, Janez Janša, Vladimir Nikolić, Ilija Šoškić
ALIENNESS
Nika Autor, Alban Muja, Zoran Todorović
METAMORPHOSES
Jože Barši, Ištvan Huzjan, Gregor Mobius, Marko Pogačnik, Marjetica Potrč, Nada Prlja, Maja Smrekar
