Saturday, April 7, 2018

Yugoslav World War II Memorials

Another person whose project deserves note is Vladimir Kulić, whose book Bogdanović by Bogdanović: Yugoslav Memorials through the Eyes of their Architect,on Bogdan Bogdanović's photographs of his Yugoslav World War II memorials has received a Graham Foundation grant.
The Graham Foundation states:
The project is an extension of Vladimir Kulić’s previous research on Bogdanović funded by a 2014 Graham Foundation grant, which supported the digitization of Bogdanović‘s personal slide collection. The book will be published by The Museum of Modern Art in New York in conjunction with the forthcoming exhibition Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980. In addition to Bogdanović's photos, the book will feature a preface by Martino Stierli, an introductory essay situating the architect's work in the cultural context of postwar Yugoslavia, as well as excerpts from an unpublished interview conducted in 2005–06.
I had not previously been aware of the Graham Foundation, as my work doesn't focus on architectural history. "Founded in 1956, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The Graham realizes this vision through making project-based grants to individuals and organizations and producing exhibitions, events, and publications."
Vladimir's book is due out this year. And go see the exhibition at MOMA!

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