Concrete Utopia: Monument to the Battle of the Sutjeska
Yugoslavia’s monuments became fruitful ground for architectural experimentation. In Concrete Utopia we explore the Monument to the Battle of the Sutjeska commemorating a 1943 battle that marked the turning point for the country in World War II. Two abstract, jagged concrete masses face one another to simulate the landscape of the surrounding mountain gorge where the combat took place. … [Miodrag Živković. Monument to the Battle of the Sutjeska. 1965–71, Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo: Valentin Jeck, commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art, 2016]
