Ilija Šoškić's Retrospective Explores Nomadic Practice from Anarchist Actions to Radical Ecology
Ilija Šoškić, a neo-avant-garde artist hailing from Montenegro and born in Kosovo in 1935, currently resides in Croatia. Since the 1970s, he has showcased his actions, installations, and objects primarily in Italy and the former Yugoslavia. A retrospective titled "The Microcosm of Ilija Šoškić" took place at Kolector in Podgorica from May to June 2021, under the curation of Nela Gligorović. In 2011, he represented Montenegro at the Venice Biennale. His early performance, "Maximum Energy in Minimum Time" (1975), offered a critique of Western values. Šoškić’s more recent works delve into themes of radical ecology and trans-species solidarity, including the video-essay "Zygote" (2011). He collaborates with his daughter Stefanija Šoškić and partner Dragica Čakić.
Key facts
- Ilija Šoškić was born in 1935 in present-day Kosovo and raised in Montenegro.
- He is a representative of the Montenegrin neo-avant-garde and identifies as a nomad.
- Šoškić currently lives in Croatia.
- A retrospective, "The Microcosm of Ilija Šoškić," was held in Podgorica from May to June 2021.
- He represented Montenegro at the Venice Biennale in 2011.
- His early performance "Maximum Energy in Minimum Time" took place in Rome in 1975.
- Šoškić set a Montenegrin record in hammer-throw in 1962.
- His work explores themes from anarchist critique to radical ecology.
Entities
Artists
- Ilija Šoškić
- Karolina Majewska-Güde
- Nela Gligorović
- Dragica Čakić
- Zoran Erić
- Nebojša Milenković
- Ješa Denegri
- Marina Gržinić
- Petar Čuković
- Zdenka Badovinac
- Fabio Sargentin
- Tano Festa
- Jannis Kounellis
- Emilio Prini
- Mimmo Germana
- Alighiero Boetti
- Vettor Pisani
- Eliseo Mattiacci
- Sandro Chia
- Luigi Ontani
- Francesco Clemente
- Luca Patella
- Gino De Dominicis
- John Ranter
- Corrado Costa
- Nicoletta Machiavelli
- Stefanija Šoškić
- Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
- Antonio Negri
- Oreste Scalzone
- Bojana Pejić
- Natalija Vujoševic
- Marina Abramović
- Jerzy Grotowski
- T. J. Demos
- Sue Spaid
- Donna Haraway
Institutions
- ARTMargins Online
- Kolector art venue
- Department of Culture of Podgorica
- Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
- Venice Biennale
- Gallery L'Attico
- Students' Cultural Centre
- Gallery GAP
- Belgrade Art Academy
- Bologna Academy of Fine Arts
- Forum Gallery
- Gandy Gallery
- Red Star Slavonia
- Virtus Bologna Club
- Lucio Amelio Gallery
- Galerie GAP
- Belgrade Zoo
- Green Party
- Contemporary Arts Center
- Duke University Press
- Barbican Art Gallery
- Community Center Obod
Locations
- Kosovo
- Montenegro
- Yugoslavia
- Croatia
- Podgorica
- Italy
- Rome
- Tubingen
- Germany
- Hohenzollern Castle
- Novi Sad
- Belgrade
- Serbia
- Venice
- Nikšić
- Cetinje
- Herceg Novi
- Paris
- Bologna
- Greece
- Naples
- Ostia
- Basel
- Switzerland
- Lake Skadar
- Ljubljana
- Cincinnati
- Durham
- London
- Tübingen
Sources
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