Zdenka Badovinac on Eastern Europe's Missing Histories and Moderna galerija's Transformative Role
Since 1993, Zdenka Badovinac has led Ljubljana's Museum of Modern Art, where she established the Arteast 2000+ Collection in 2000. Her curatorial efforts began with the 1998 exhibition Body and the East, which tackled the historical neglect of Eastern European art. Badovinac's tenure coincided with the disintegration of Yugoslavia, shaping projects such as the 1994 initiative responding to the Bosnian war. The Moderna galerija is undergoing changes, with a revamped modern art museum set to launch in 2009 and plans for a contemporary art museum on Metelkova Street. She advocates for self-historicization in exhibitions like Interrupted Histories (2006) and works alongside notable figures like Harald Szeemann. Future aspirations include enhancing trans-local exchanges through projects like L'Internationale, as new museum infrastructures develop in cities such as Zagreb and Belgrade.
Key facts
- Zdenka Badovinac has been director of the Ljubljana Museum of Modern Art since 1993.
- She initiated the Arteast 2000+ Collection, the first systematic collection of Eastern European art, in 2000.
- Badovinac curated the exhibition Body and the East in 1998, which traveled to Exit Art, New York in 2001.
- Moderna galerija is opening a renovated modern art museum in 2009 and plans a contemporary art museum in Metelkova Street within a year or two.
- Badovinac collaborated with Igor Zabel and Viktor Misiano on the exhibition 7 Sins: Ljubljana–Moscow in 2004.
- She emphasizes self-historicization, highlighting projects like the East Art Map by the group Irwin and artists' archives.
- Badovinac's directorship began after the collapse of Yugoslavia, influencing projects related to the Balkan wars.
- Future initiatives include the L'Internationale project with MACBA, Van Abbemuseum, and the Július Koller Society.
Entities
Artists
- Zdenka Badovinac
- Sven Spieker
- Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez
- Irwin
- Viktor Misiano
- Igor Zabel
- Zofia Kulik
- Vadim Zaharov
- Lia Perjovschi
- Janez Janša
- Harald Szeemann
- Nicolas Bourriaud
- Carlos Basualdo
- Peter Weibel
- Patricia Falguieres
- Elisabeth Lebovici
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Inke Arns
Institutions
- Ljubljana Museum of Modern Art (Moderna galerija)
- ARTMargins
- Exit Art
- Venice Biennale
- ZKM
- MACBA
- Van Abbemuseum
- Július Koller Society
- Centre Pompidou
- EHESS
- Maska
- MIT Press
- ARTMargins Online
- Moderna galerija
Locations
- Ljubljana
- Slovenia
- Los Angeles
- Berlin
- Paris
- New York
- Venice
- Sarajevo
- Bosnia
- Metelkova Street
- Karlsruhe
- Innsbruck
- Barcelona
- Eindhoven
- Bratislava
- Zagreb
- Belgrade
- Warsaw
- Vilnius
- Tallinn
- Moscow
- Yugoslavia
- Balkans
- Eastern Europe
- East-Central Europe
- Schengen
- United States
- Germany
- France
Sources
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