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Braco Dimitrijević

born 1948

Resurrection of Alchemists 2006
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Braco Dimitrijevic born 1948

 

Braco Dimitrijevic was born in Sarajevo in 1948. He studied at the Zagreb Academy of Art and St Martin’s School of Art, London. He currently lives and works in Paris.

 

Dimitrijevic first gained prominence with a series of photographic works begun in the early 1970s in which he documented ‘Casual Passers-by’ on large-scale billboards and other public sites. These works are typical of the artist’s intention to call into question representations in the mass media as well as historical monuments. The series, which is ongoing, acknowledges and elevates the everyday. The artist affords images of ordinary people the respect and seriousness usually reserved for depictions of prominent personalities or figures of historical importance.

 

More recently Dimitrijevic’s practice has included installations in museums. Works of art by acknowledged old or modern masters are incorporated in installations including furniture, arrangements of fruit and vegetables and other everyday objects. These conjunctions disrupt traditional categories of high art and quotidian artifacts (see Triptychos Post Historicus: Repeated Secret 1978-85, Tate T04122).

 

 

Further reading:

Antun Maracic, Nena Dimitrijevic, et al., Braco Dimitrijevic – Dubrovnik Retrospective, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik, 2004.

Klaus-D. Pohl and Nena Dimitrijevic, Braco Dimitrijevic: Against Historic Sense of Gravity, exhibition catalogue, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Damstadt, 1995.

Lórand Hegyi, Dan Cameron and Catherine Millet, Braco Dimitrijevic: Slow as Light, Fast as Thought, exhibition catalogue, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, 1994

 

Rachel Taylor

July 2005

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Slobodan "Braco" Dimitrijević (born 18 June 1948) is a former Yugoslav and French conceptual artist. His works deal mainly with history and the individual's place in it. He lives and works in Paris, France since 1980s.

He has exhibited internationally since the 1970s, including at the Tate Gallery in 1985. He has participated in documenta (1972, 1977 and 1992) and the Venice Biennale (1976, 1982, 1990, 1993 and 2009). His works are held in the collection of the Tate Gallery, MoMA Museum of Modern Art New York, and that of the Centre Pompidou, among others.

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Conceptual art

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  • The Casual Passer-By I Met at 11.28 am, London, October 1972

    Braco Dimitrijević
    1972
  • Louvre (‘J.M.W. Turner’ ‘Edward Rampton’)

    Braco Dimitrijević
    1975–9
    On display at Tate Britain part of Tate Archive is 50
  • Louvre (‘Leonardo da Vinci’ ‘Albert Evans’)

    Braco Dimitrijević
    1975–82
  • Triptychos Post Historicus or Entrance to the Palace of Light

    Braco Dimitrijević
    1982
  • Triptychos Post Historicus or Artists’ Hats are High above the Rainbow - Portrait of Barry

    Braco Dimitrijević
    1982
  • Triptychos Post Historicus: Repeated Secret

    Braco Dimitrijević
    1978–85
  • This Could be a Place of Historical Interest

    Braco Dimitrijević
    1972–7
  • This Could be a Place of Historical Importance

    Braco Dimitrijević
    1972
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