Lecture "Symbols of Hate"

As a part of the celebration of the Day for Tolerance (November 16th), Europe House in Sarajevo organized a Tolerance Poster Show and invited me to give an online lecture "Symbols of Hate" on Wednesday, November 15th. The purpose of the lecture is to educate the audience about old and new symbols of hate used by different groups of Neo-Nazis, racists, and other bigots.

 

You can read more here about the Tolerance Poster Show and lecture in Sarajevo here.

 

 

 

"Umjetnicka galerija Banja Luka" by Boris Bucan

I did a poster exchange and got myself this poster for Boris Bucan’s poster exhibition in Banja Luka in 1979.

Andy Warhol and David Hockney's posters for Sarajevo

On this day in 1984, the Winter Olympic Games took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

20 leading artists created posters for the event. Here are their names: James Rosenquist, Emilio Greco, Francesco Clemente, Giuseppe Santomaso, Milton Glaser, Cy Twombly, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Jean-Michel Folon, Victor Vasarely, Yozo Hamaguchi, Andy Warhol, Howard Hodgkin, Kyu-Baik Hwang, Gottfried Helnwein, Piero Dorazio, Henry Moore, Jiri Kolar, David Hockney, Mimmo Paladino, Hundrertwasser,

Here are Andy Warhol and David Hockney's posters. 

 

The Daily Heller

The Daily Heller: A Poster Pattern for Sarajevo

In 2014, Milton Glaser and Mirko Ilíc, among other artists, were invited by the "Sarajevo 1914–2014" project to create posters as part of an anniversary celebration. Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, represents the meeting point of civilizations, cultures and religions. Glaser came up with the idea for each designer to create posters that work side by side together, "meeting" each other to form one grand image. 

For Glaser and Ilíc's posters, "We divided the letters of the word Sarajevo," Ilíc explains. "Milton got 'A,' 'J,' 'V' and 'O,' and I took the letters 'R,' 'A' and 'E.' We split the letter 'S.'"

Glaser created his poster first, and it looked very modern. "I decided that I would create an 'old' poster," Ilíc says. The work was about Sarajevo, 100 years ago. "For that I decided to create posters with the look of filigree, and crochet both, for which Sarajevo was well-known."

With a little back and forth, they managed to harmoniously match the posters in color and looks. Below are a few possible poster combinations.

Boys from Sarajevo

A few days ago I posted this photo of boys from Sarajevo by Bernard Pierre Wolff taken in 1967 asking the question "Where are they now, who they are, and what happened to them in the Bosnian war?"

My question was answered by Sead Kresevljakovic from Al Jazeera Balkans. Sead went to the neighborhood in the photo and found the brother of one of the boys, and was given most of their names: Nebi Ramani, Dzevad Tukic, Fuad, Semsudin Heco, Dzevad, Sabahudin including the name of his brother Kemal Imsirpasic (far left with truck). Unfortunately Kemal was killed in the War.

Two more photographs by Bernard Pierre Wolff

I acquired two more photographs by Bernard Pierre Wolff, most known by his photography for album cover 'Closer', by Joy Division from 1980.

These two photos were taken in 1967 in Bosnia, Yugoslavia. One is a photo of children in Sarajevo and the other one of a boy somewhere in Bosnia.

These kids are my generation. When one sees theses faces one cannot but question where are they now and what happened to them in the Bosnian war.

Photograph by Bernard Pierre Wolff

Recently, I acquired this photograph by Bernard Pierre Wolff shot on his trip in 1967 to Bosnia, Yugoslavia.

Probably the most known photograph by Bernard Wolff is album cover for Closer, by Joy Division from 1980.