Heroes We Love. Ideology, Identity and Socialist Art in the New Europe

The publication, edited by Simona Vidmar, UGM curator and project leader, features texts by Dr Miško Šuvaković, art historian and critic; Dr Miklavž Komelj, art historian; Maja Ćirić, curator and art critic; Owen Hatherley, architectural historian; Nikolai Vukov, anthropologist; Romeo Kodra, cultural historian; Lana Lovrenčić and Tihana Pupovac, art historians; Adela Demetja, curator et al.

How are we to understand the monuments of the socialist era today; what can we do with them; and why do we love to hate them? Heroes We Love project has brought together museums, research institutes; NGOs, and a dance company from Central and Southeast Europe in a joint transnational project on the (still) controversial issue of monumental heritage of the socialist past, in a dedicated search for possible answers. They've worked for three years, focusing on socialist monuments and their relevance for art, culture, and identity today.

Texts: Simona Vidmar, UGM curator and the authors mentioned above
Editor-in-Chief: Simona Vidmar 
Assistants to the Editor: Jure Kirbiš, Simona Šuc
Year: 2017
Pages: 360
Design: Ajdin Bašić
Dimensions: 18 cm x 25 cm

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