G omila sveta ispred Mu- zeja savremene umetno- sti u Beogradu (MSUB), modernistički svedenog remek-dela arhitekata Ivana Anti- ća i Ivanke Raspopović. Ušće Save u Dunav, gde je muzej smešten, nije oaza tišine, već žubori od očekivanja posetilaca i njihovih ushićenih uz- daha. Dan je 20. oktobar 1965. kada je hram savremene umetničke misli otvorio svoja vrata. Slično je bilo i nedavno, 52 godine kasnije, nakon rekonstrukcije koja je trajala čitavu deceniju. Ne sluteći, publika je po- tvrdila davnašnje reči pisca Žorža Bataja da je „muzej kao pluća gra- da: gomila ljudi se tamo sliva da bi odatle izašla pročišćena i osvežena“. Bataj nije pominjao druge orga- ne poput srca, poredeći grad s or- ganizmom. Ali sva su srca tukla u sličnom ritmu, uzbuđena prizorom. Zgrada je, sva u staklu i mermeru, sa šest kupola zasečenih uglova, donela Oktobarsku nagradu Beograda svo- jim projektantima, nagoveštavajući niz drugih priznanja muzeju. Zbog intrigantnog eksterijera i unutraš- njeg slivanja izložbenih nivoa, MSUB se smatra jednim od najzanimljivi- jih muzejskih arhitektonskih reše- nja u svetu. Okružen je Parkom skulptura, u kom posetilac može da se osveži i obnovi dok u muzej još nije ni kro- čio. A unutra ga čekaju brojne kolek- cije slika, vajarskih dela i radova no- vih medija, od početka 20. veka do danas. Trenutna postavka nosi na- ziv Sekvence . Umetnost Jugoslavi- je i Srbije iz zbirki Muzeja savreme- ne umetnosti sve objedinjuje kroz probrane radove. Izbor su načinili kustosi Muzeja Dejan Sretenović, Mi- šela Blanuša i Zoran Erić. Izložba sa više od 300 dela, po rečima autora postavke, nudi „jednu moguću puta- nju kretanja kroz umetničke arhipe- lage 20. veka“. Možda i najburnijeg perioda od svih dosadašnjih, kako na ovim prostorima, tako i globalno. Ali Muzej upisuje i drugi vid istorije, vrtlog političkih promena. Modernističke tendencije kojima je stremio već su na otvaranju naišle na osudu tadašnjeg predsednika Jo- sipa Broza Tita. On je tu umetnost video kao „bezvrednu“ i „dekaden-
A large crowd gathers in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade (MoCAB), the modernist, minimalist master- piece of architects Ivan Antić and Ivanka Raspopović. The confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Museum is situated, is not an oasis of peace now, but rather a place that buzzes with the mur- muring expectations of visitors and their enthusiastic exhales. The date is 20 th Oc- tober 1965 and this temple of contempo- rary artistic thought is opening its doors for the first time. The scene was similar re- cently, 52 years on, following the finished reconstruction of the museum, which last- ed a decade. The public incontrovertibly confirmed the words long since uttered
Tekst / Words: Dragana Nikoletić Fotografije / Photography: Oliver Bunić, Predrag Dedijer
by writer Žorž Bataj that“a mu- seum is like the lungs of a city: crowds of people flood there, only to be able to leave feeling purified and refreshed”. Bataj did not mention oth-
The current exhibition of more than 300 works establishes a possible trajectory of movement through the archipelago of 20 th century art Aktuelna postavka sa više od 300 dela nudi jednu moguću putanju kretanja kroz umetničke arhipelage 20. veka
er organs, like the heart, when comparing the city with the body. But all hearts beat in a similar rhythm, excited by the scene. The building, all in glass and marble, with its six “domes” of sharply cut cor- ners, brought Belgrade’s Oc- tober Award to its designers, heralding a series of other awards for this museum. Due to its intriguing exterior and in- ternal layout of exhibition lev- els, MoCAB is considered one of the world’s most interest- ing architectural solutions for a museum. It is surrounded by the Sculpture Park,
which refreshes and renews the visitor be- fore they’ve even entered the museum. And inside they are awaited by numerous collections of paintings, sculptural works and new media works, dating from the beginning of the 20 th century to the pres- ent day.The current exhibition“Sequenc- es. The art of Yugoslavia and Serbia from the collection of the Museum of Contem- porary Art” unites everything. The pieces were selected by MoCAB curators Dejan Sretenović, Mišela Blanuša and Zoran Erić. This exhibition of more than 300 works, according to the curators, establishes “a possible trajectory of movement through the archipelago of 20 th century art”. This was also perhaps the most turbulent of
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