Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.31664/zu.2018.102.01
Architectural Scale Models within Contemporary Art: Practices in Post-Socialist Europe
Sonja Jankov
orcid.org/0000-0003-3420-6130
; nezavisna istraživačica, Novi Sad, Srbija
Sažetak
The paper analyses the ways in which selected contemporary artists from Romania, Croatia, and Serbia use the visual language of architectural scale models in their work. After presenting the history of architectural models, the first two parts of the paper focus on artists who use scale models of museums of contemporary art (Zlatko Kopljar, Radoš Antonijević, subREAL, Călin Dan, Iosif Kiraly, Mihai Balko, and Irina Botea). They emphasize the difference between museums of contemporary art in post-socijalist countries and the global “power-museums” such as MoMA, Tate Modern, or Guggenheim. The third part of the paper focuses on the documentary aspect of architectural models and relates Lana Stojićević’s works to Hito Steyerl’s concept of documentality. It is argued that the scale models, as architecture itself, are signifiers of the ideologies, politics, and societies that build them. Contemporary artists often focus on buildings that have been changed, revitalised, or destroyed in the transition process, and for this reason architectural models require a deeper analysis when included within contemporary art practices.
Ključne riječi
contemporary art; architectural scale models; documentary approach; museum as artwork
Hrčak ID:
203840
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.7.2018.
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