God loves the dreams of the Serbian Artists, C-prints, each 30 × 40 cm, 1992–today
The referential idea in the creation of the Populist project was based on the thesis that Populism has these days become the supreme ideology, replacing the well-known Social Utopias. As we all know, Communism and Socialism have lost their battle. After the total defeat of Eastern Bloc, the flag of social emancipation is in the hands of ›Declarative Democrats‹. Populism is becoming, in these new circumstances, the transparent territory for the promotion of the New Values. Its promotional territories were part of serious confrontations and/or links between upper and lower classes throughout the whole history of the 20th century, which comprised sports, sexual liberation movements and popular culture. Populist project tries to explore these territories and uses all of the three parts (segments) to pervert the fights for social, class and sexual emancipation. The first issue contains three different segments: God loves the Dreams of Serbian artists, Celebrities and Hometown Boys. Its intention was to show the interactions between star-system and identity, and it was realized as a web art project. In God loves the dreams of Serbian artists, which is shown
here, the artist was photographed together with the world’s most popular football players of today in the form of a new icon.
Uros Djuric
Born in 1964 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia.
Education:
Studied art history and painting in Belgrade. Took part
in Belgrade punk movement in the early Eighties (Urban
Guerrilla) 1989 foundation of the Autonomist (anti)
movement with Stevan Markuš 1994 they published
the »Autonomism Manifesto«. Appears in several feature
films & documentaries, graphic designer and DJ.
Founder of Remont gallery & art magazine. Since 1992
collaboration with Belgrade Radio B92.
Recent solo exhibitions:
2008 A Short View to the Populist Dreamland, Art Point
gallery, Vienna 2007 Pioneers, Heroes & Other
Dedicated Life-Long Decadents (+ Julia Kissina), 18m
Gallery, Berlin ››› 7 Steps to Power, New Moment Gallery,
Belgrade 2006 Return of the Dead Painter with New
Problems / part 2, SKC Gallery, Belgrade ››› Return of the
Dead Painter … / part 1, Zvono Gallery, Belgrade
Recent group exhibitions:
2009 On Normality. Art from Serbia 1989–2001,
Museum of Modern Art, Klagenfurt ››› On Normality, The
Katzen Arts Center at American University, Washington
DC 2008 Experimenta Folklore, Frankfurter Kunstverein
››› Mediations Biennale, Muzeum Narodowe, Poznan ›››
Walls in the Street, Siemens Art Programme / Museum of
Contemporary Art, Belgrade ››› Micro-narratives, Musée
d’Art moderne de Saint-Etienne 2007 Land of Promises,
Espace Apollonia, Strasbourg ››› Overexposures, The Art
Museum, Timisoara 2006 1:0, 18m Gallery, Berlin
