Publisher 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. AUTHORS: Zdenka Badovinac is a curator and writer, who has served since 1993 as director of the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana, comprised since 2011 of two locations: the Museum of Modern Art and the Metelkova Museum of Contemporary Art in Metelkova, an autonomous art, culture, and social center in Ljublijana. Giulia Ferracci has collaborated with MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma and Ministero Dei Beni Culturali - Darc Direzione generale per l'Arte e l'Architettura Contemporanee. She is a curator at MAXXI where she has worked since 2010. 55 colour, 16 b/w illustrations

Author Biography

Zdenka Badovinac is a curator and writer, who has served since 1993 as director of the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana, comprised since 2011 of two locations: the Museum of Modern Art and the Metelkova Museum of Contemporary Art in Metelkova, an autonomous art, culture, and social center in Ljublijana. Giulia Ferracci has collaborated with MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma and Ministero Dei Beni Culturali - Darc Direzione generale per l'Arte e l'Architettura Contemporanee. She is a curator at MAXXI where she has worked since 2010.

Table of Contents

Essays:Preface by Giovanna MelandriBe Greater than Ourselves! In the Guise of a Preface by Hou HanruA journey through the exhibition by Giulia FerracciBigger than Myself – from Ex-Yugoslavia with Love by Zdenka BadovinacHistory as a Common. Scenes for a New Heritage in the Art of Ex-Yugoslavia by Marco ScotiniThe (Non-)Contemporaneity of Heroism by Miklav KomeljShock-Workers on Shock-Therapy by Branislav DimitrijeviThe Hero Is a Modest Amateur. On Blaise, Bond and Korchagin by Boris BudenBigger Than Oneself by Toma MastnakThree Fragments on Heroes by Mladen DolarPostulates of Neohumanism, Or Why Can Reason Only Be Human? by Keti ChukhrovList of artists:FREEDOMMaja Bajevi, Djordje Balmazovi, Lana majanin, Group of AnonymousArtists and Activists, Ibro Hasanovi, IRWIN, Adela Juši, Siniša Labrovi, Dalibor Martinis, Tobias Putrih, Driton Selmani, Mladen Stilinovi, Milica Tomi, Udruenje KursEQUALITYMarina Abramovi, Boena Koni Badurina, Duga Mavrinac, Vlasta Delimar, Hristina Ivanoska, Sanja Ivekovi, Gjorgje Jovanovik, Darinka Pop-Miti, Marta Popivoda, Ana Vujanovi, Lala Raši, elimir ilnikBROTHERHOODDanica Daki, Igor Grubi, Doruntina Kastrati, Somer pat, Marko Tadi,Miro ManojloviHOPEYane alovski, Jasmina Cibic, David Maljkovi, Luiza Margan, Anja Medved,Nadja VelušekRISKLenka Djorojevi, Matej Stupica, Siniša Ili, Marko Peljhan, Matthew Biederman, Andrej Škufca, Natalija VujoseviAN INDIVIDUALFatmir Mustafa-Karllo, Tomislav Gotovac, Janez Janša, Vladimir Nikoli, Ilija ŠoškiALIENNESSNika Autor, Alban Muja, Zoran TodoroviMETAMORPHOSESJoe Barši, Ištvan Huzjan, Gregor Mobius, Marko Poganik, Marjetica Potr, Nada Prlja, Maja Smrekar

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* An extraordinary gathering of the most important contemporary artists from the ex-Yugoslavia whose work addresses the complex politics of the regionThis catalog 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.

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