Studies for an Antifascist Memorial
Bogdan Bogdanović
Serbian, 1922–2010
1960–1970
A small ink study on translucent mylar in which Bogdan Bogdanović experiments with abstract, calligraphic forms as proposals for an antifascist memorial.
You first notice a dense, purple, almost sculptural mass of looping, dripping strokes held inside a roughly drawn square, the translucent mylar causing edges and overlaps to shimmer like a faint ghost-image against the white ground.
This intimate study shows how Bogdanović translated political memory into monument design—bridging drawing, sculpture, and architecture to propose expressive, nonliteral memorials for postwar remembrance.
Medium
Ink on mylar
Dimensions
Approx.: 2 3/8 × 2 3/8" (6 × 6 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Alice and Tom Tisch
Accession
148.2019.20
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