Utopia in Decay: The Monuments of Yugoslavia - DivineCaroline

Jan 08, 2011 14:56

The commentary seems to have a tone of "oh, poor and ugly relics of a foolish political period" (not a quote) and now "obsolete and invisible" (actual quote) but I find the art to be (almost all) beautiful in design and fascinating in their current age and condition.  I grieve the loss of the body politic which could imagine and create such things.

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psocoptera January 8 2011, 21:05:49 UTC
Oh, very cool, thanks for sharing. I dislike the view that all art produced by a bad regime is inherently bad art - I dragged my sister to see the "Square Colosseum" in Rome not because I love Fascists but because it's an amazing building.

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