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Nemanja Nikolic's Hitchcockian Deconstruction of Yugoslav History

publication · 2026-04-24

Nemanja Nikolic is featured in artpress n°431 (March 2016, pp. 59-61). His work extracts images from films by Alfred Hitchcock, F.W. Murnau, and Sergei Eisenstein, weaving a narrative that also incorporates the history of the former Yugoslavia through drawings and videos derived from the deconstruction of filmic images. The result is a complex reading grid that engages psychology.

Key facts

  • Nemanja Nikolic featured in artpress n°431, March 2016
  • Article spans pages 59-61
  • Work extracts images from Alfred Hitchcock films
  • Also uses films by Murnau and Eisenstein
  • Integrates history of ex-Yugoslavia
  • Uses drawings and videos from deconstruction of filmic images
  • Creates a complex reading grid involving psychology

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Artists

  • Nemanja Nikolic

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  • artpress

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