The exhibition comes 60 years after MoMa first introduced yugoslavia’s artistic scene in a series of programs, with most notable the 1969 exhibition ‘yugoslavia: a report’, which brought 45 contemporary prints by 24 yugoslav artists to the US public, and two film series, in 19, respectively, investigated the country’s experimental cinema of the day. ‘historically speaking, a thorough investigation of the architectural production of socialist yugoslavia will lead to a better understanding of an important but understudied chapter of architectural history in the bifurcated world order of the cold war,’ states exhibition organizer martino stierli, ‘from a contemporary point of view, this body of work serves as a reminder that architecture can only thrive when there is a broad societal understanding of architecture’s power to transform and elevate society and the quality of life it offers citizens.’ among the 400 exhibits on show are works by architects bogdan bogdanović, juraj neidhardt, svetlana kana radević, edvard ravnikar, vjenceslav richter, and milica šterić. in addition to architectural work, ‘toward a concrete utopia’ also includes three video installations by renowned filmmaker mila turajlić, newly commissioned photographs by valentin jeck, and contemporary artworks by jasmina cibic and david maljković. the exhibition is organized in four sections: modernization, showcasing the rapid transformation of the previously underdeveloped, largely rural country global networks, which explores the architecture that developed from the country’s independent foreign policy and its leadership in the post-colonial non-aligned movement everyday life, focusint on innovative forms of mass housing and the emergence of modern design within the framework of a socialist consumer culture and part four, identities, dedicated to the most-recognized, concrete architectural sculptures, erected to commemorate victims of the second world war.īerislav šerbetić and vojin bakić: monument to the uprising of the people of kordun and banija, 1979–81, petrova gora, croatia,exterior viewĪll building photos by valentin jeck, commissioned by the museum of modern art, 2016 Occupying MoMA’s third floor galleries, ‘toward a concrete utopia’ explores themes of large-scale urbanization, technological experimentation and its application in everyday life, consumerism, monuments and memorialization, and the global reach of yugoslav architecture. the exhibition investigates the use of modern architecture as an instrument to shape yugoslavia’s national identity and to formulate a socialist society based on ‘self-management’.Īll installation views of t oward a concrete utopia: architecture in yugoslavia, 1948–1980 © 2018 the museum of modern art, shot by martin seck on view from 15 july 2018 to 13 january 2019, ‘toward a concrete utopia: architecture in yugoslavia, 1948–1980’ focuses on the period of intense construction between the country’s 1948 break with the soviet bloc and the death of its longtime leader josip broz tito in 1980. MoMA gathers some 400 works, including drawings, models, photographs, and film reels, for the first major US exhibition on the architecture of yugoslavia.
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