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This is the useless rant. Here is short version of how I understand author's pont: "if you look at something (piece of art, architecture, book), made at a poin

by galkk 5y ago

This is the useless rant. Here is short version of how I understand author's pont: "if you look at something (piece of art, architecture, book), made at a point in history, you need to remember about all the struggle, that may be related to that thing". This is pretty awful principle, to live by, in my pov. Putting something in the context and appreciating the art are different things. Ivan Terrible was terrible tsar, but I will still appreciate that painting. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Iv%C3%A1n_el_Terrible_y_su_hijo%2C_por_Ili%C3%A1_Repin.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Iv%C3%A1... If somebody will put that picture into some gallery, like "100 pictures and classical music" in youtube, I will never notice that there is something wrong about it, albeit it is not that great. And it is fine. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/13AD0/production/_105329508_hi051871585.jpg https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/13AD0/production...

smcl 5y ago
The author's point is stated very clearly at the end of the article, this is not just a swipe at casual enjoyers of art: """ Yet not only in Croatia, but in France, the USA, Britain, real, open fascism – fences, walls, racial laws, deportations, camps – is once again mainstream. The Yugoslav experience of fighting against it on the basis of intercultural solidarity — and, also, of failing to maintain that memory, and of its collapse in the 1990s into resurgent fascism — has much to tell us. These monuments are its concrete legacy, intended to speak of what Yugoslavs had emerged from, how they wanted to be remembered, and what they hoped for. They deserve better than to be glimpsed for a few seconds on Tumblr. """ The author is lamenting that these are usually naively enjoyed at face-value as absurd follies. As some typically weird thing that happens in those bad, socialist countries we[0] don't like, and therefore don't warrant any further inspection. Except not only is there more to them that tells us about Yugoslavia's history, many of them represent a struggle against fascism that we could even see ourselves facing in the present day. The story of Tito and (by extension) how SFR Yugoslavia came about is fascinating. Fitzroy Maclean wrote a biography of Tito called "The Heretic" which tells it in detail if anyone's interested: https://archive.org/details/FitzroyMacleanTheHereticTheLifeAndTimesbOk.xyz https://archive.org/details/FitzroyMacleanTheHereticTheLifeA... [0] - I'm using the voice of the naive person here, this is not my view :)
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by galkk 5y ago

smcl 5y ago

The author's point is stated very clearly at the end of the article, this is not just a swipe at casual enjoyers of art: """ Yet not only in Croatia, but in France, the USA, Britain, real, open fascism – fences, walls, racial laws, deportations, camps – is once again mainstream. The Yugoslav experience of fighting against it on the basis of intercultural solidarity — and, also, of failing to maintain that memory, and of its collapse in the 1990s into resurgent fascism — has much to tell us. These monuments are its concrete legacy, intended to speak of what Yugoslavs had emerged from, how they wanted to be remembered, and what they hoped for. They deserve better than to be glimpsed for a few seconds on Tumblr. """ The author is lamenting that these are usually naively enjoyed at face-value as absurd follies. As some typically weird thing that happens in those bad, socialist countries we[0] don't like, and therefore don't warrant any further inspection. Except not only is there more to them that tells us about Yugoslavia's history, many of them represent a struggle against fascism that we could even see ourselves facing in the present day. The story of Tito and (by extension) how SFR Yugoslavia came about is fascinating. Fitzroy Maclean wrote a biography of Tito called "The Heretic" which tells it in detail if anyone's interested: https://archive.org/details/FitzroyMacleanTheHereticTheLifeAndTimesbOk.xyz https://archive.org/details/FitzroyMacleanTheHereticTheLifeA... [0] - I'm using the voice of the naive person here, this is not my view :)

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