understand what they truly represent. 3 An exhibition at The
Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2018 under the title Toward
Monument to the Revolution (1967), World War II
memorial in Podgarić, Croatia, one of Džamon-
ja’s best-known works | Plamen at Serbian
Wikipedia
a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980 introduced
the exceptional work of socialist Yugoslavia’s leading architects
to an international audience, highlighting the importance of this
significant but neglected body of modernist architecture, whose
forward-thinking contributions still resonate today. 4 It has been
stated that the architecture that emerged during the period of
socialist Yugoslavia — from International Style skyscrapers to
Brutalist “social condensers” — is a manifestation of the radical
pluralism, hybridity, and idealism that characterised the Yugoslav
state itself. 5
4
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3931, see also the article by Niall Patrick Walsh: https://www.archdaily.com/908777/an-expert-guide-through-mo-
mas-toward-a-concrete-utopia-architecture-in-yugoslavia-1948-nil-1980
5
https://placesjournal.org/article/concrete-utopia-architecture-in-yugoslavia/?cn-reloaded=1&cn-reloaded=1; https://www.archdaily.com/796770/jonks-photo-
graphs-depict-the-abandonment-and-beauty-of-yugoslavian-monuments
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