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Concrete Utopia: The Monument to the Revolution on Mount Kozara
The Monument to the Revolution on Mount Kozara, designed by Dušan Džamonja from 1970-72, evokes the harrowing experience it was built to commemorate—an intense 1942 battle where Axis troops laid siege to Communist-led resistance units and local civilians. Visitors enter through slits in the tower’s concrete fins to a dark, cramped interior space where light penetrates through an opening at the top, accentuating the tense atmosphere. Explore Towards a Concrete Utopia:mo.ma/concreteutopia
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[Photo: Selma Banich (Flickr) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons]
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Concrete Utopia: Jasenovac Memorial Complex
After World War II, Yugoslavia memorialized its fight against Axis powers, and the millions of wartime casualties suffered, with monuments like this one on the site of a razed concentration camp in Jasenovac, Croatia. The “Stone Flower” serves as a grave marker and an expression of a desire to unify the multiethnic country by demarcating its territory after the war with sites of collective remembrance. Explore Concrete Utopia.
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[Bogdan Bogdanovic. “Jasenovac Memorial Complex.” 1959-66. Photo: Valentin Jeck, commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art, 2016]
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