{"id":13724,"date":"2024-12-30T12:35:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T11:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnmu.rs\/?page_id=13724"},"modified":"2024-12-30T12:52:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T11:52:56","slug":"likovna-kritika-druge-polovine-20-veka-u-srbiji-i-jugoslaviji","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mnmu.rs\/en\/prateci-projekti\/likovna-kritika-druge-polovine-20-veka-u-srbiji-i-jugoslaviji\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Criticism in the Second Half of the 20th Century in Serbia and Yugoslavia\nOpinions, Concepts, Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Art Criticism in the Second Half of the 20th Century in Serbia and Yugoslavia: Opinions, Concepts, Discussions<\/strong><\/div>
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Critic in Focus: Oto Bihalji-Merin<\/strong><\/div>
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As part of the program Standpoints, Concepts, Debates: Art Criticism in the Second Half of the 20th Century in Serbia and Yugoslavia,\u00a0<\/div>
the Association of Art Critics AICA Serbia brings attention to the wide-ranging intellectual and professional contributions of Oto Bihalji-Merin \u2014 a writer and journalist, editor and publisher, active member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and the Communist Party of Germany, art critic, theorist, and art historian, as well as founder and member of the organizing committees of numerous institutions and juries for many prestigious domestic and international events.<\/div><\/div>
In dialogue with archival materials from the Oto Bihalji-Merin Salon\u2014presented as part of the recent exhibition I Had to Be Present, curated by Senka Latinovi\u0107 and Miroslav Kari\u0107 (Milica Zori\u0107 and Rodoljub \u010colakovi\u0107 Legacy Collection)\u2014members of AICA Serbia critically analyzed the conceptual and materialist impacts of Bihalji-Merin\u2019s work. These analyses explore his cultural policy activities, his interwar involvement in both local and international contexts with an emphasis on anti-fascist engagement, his views on the sovereignty and authenticity of modern art through a synthesis of tradition and modernity, and his writings on medieval, na\u00efve, and marginal art, as well as on non-European artistic traditions.<\/div><\/div>

The fifth cycle of this long-term program\u2014Critic in Focus: Oto Bihalji-Merin\u2014is being realized in collaboration between AICA Serbia and the Oto Bihalji-Merin Salon.<\/p>

Symposium participants included:<\/div>
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