Post-War Sarajevo's Artistic Rebirth Through Soros Center
The three-year siege of Sarajevo devastated its infrastructure and institutional funding, causing professions like art historian to vanish entirely. Despite this painful transition, a vibrant art scene emerged through the creation of a contemporary art center by the Soros Foundation and a young generation that, despite the traumatic war experience, harbors neither hatred nor provincialism. Eager to continue the city's tradition of tolerance and openness, they appropriate urban and spiritual space in a perfectly apolitical manner.
Key facts
- Sarajevo endured a three-year siege.
- The siege left the city impoverished in infrastructure and institutional funding.
- The profession of art historian disappeared entirely.
- A contemporary art center was created by the Soros Foundation.
- A young generation emerged without hatred or provincialism despite war trauma.
- They aim to perpetuate Sarajevo's tradition of tolerance and openness.
- Their appropriation of urban and spiritual space is apolitical.
- The article was published in artpress in April 1999.
Entities
Institutions
- Soros Foundation
- Centre de l'art contemporain
- artpress
Locations
- Sarajevo
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sources
- artpress —