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The museum building is located near the confluence of the rivers [[Sava]] and [[Danube]], in [[Ušće]] park in the [[Novi Beograd]] municipality. It was designed by [[Ivan Antić]] and [[Ivanka Raspopović]] in 1960 |
The museum building is located near the confluence of the rivers [[Sava]] and [[Danube]], in [[Ušće]] park in the [[Novi Beograd]] municipality. It was designed by [[Ivan Antić]] and [[Ivanka Raspopović]] in 1960, with construction beginning that year and continuing until 1965. The architects received the October Prize from the City of Belgrade on October 20, 1965, the same day the museum was opened to the public.<ref name="N1reopened">{{cite web|title=Otvoren Muzej savremene umetnosti|url=http://rs.n1info.com/a336342/Vesti/Kultura/Nakon-10-godina-otvoren-Muzej-savremene-umetnosti.html|website=N1}}</ref><ref name=Politika>{{Citation | author = Goran V. Anđelković | title = Kristal na ušću ponovo sija| trans-title = Crystal at the confluence shines again | newspaper = [[Politika]] | page = 25 | language = Serbian | date = 20 October 2017 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/391074/Pogledi/Kristal-na-uscu-ponovo-sija }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Među 100 najboljih žena arhitekata Evrope i DVE SRPKINJE|url=http://www.blic.rs/vesti/drustvo/medu-100-najboljih-zena-arhitekata-evrope-i-dve-srpkinje/qqv15vn|website=Blic}}</ref> |
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Due to its shape, architecture and location, it has been nicknamed the "crystal at the confluence".<ref name=Politika/> |
Due to its shape, architecture and location, it has been nicknamed the "crystal at the confluence".<ref name=Politika/> |
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| Established | 1958 |
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| Location | Belgrade |
| Type | contemporary art museum |
| Website | www.msub.org.rs |
Museum of Contemporary Art (Serbian: Музеј савремене уметности / Muzej savremene umetnosti) is an art museum in Belgrade, Serbia that collects and displays art produced since 1900 in Serbia and former Yugoslavia. The museum also organizes international exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. It was founded in 1958 as the Modern Gallery. It was moved into the current building in the Ušće neighborhood of New Belgrade in 1965. The building is a masterpiece of architects Ivan Antić and Ivanka Raspopović, a short-lived by highly successful partnership, which also produced the 21 October Museum in the Šumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac. The collection contains more than 35,000 works of art.
The museum was closed for renovation between 2007 and 2017. After several deadlines were pushed back, the museum was finally reopened for visitors on October 20, 2017.[1]
Construction
The museum building is located near the confluence of the rivers Sava and Danube, in Ušće park in the Novi Beograd municipality. It was designed by Ivan Antić and Ivanka Raspopović in 1960, with construction beginning that year and continuing until 1965. The architects received the October Prize from the City of Belgrade on October 20, 1965, the same day the museum was opened to the public.[1][2][3]
Due to its shape, architecture and location, it has been nicknamed the "crystal at the confluence".[2]
Departments
The museum has several departments and collections:
- Collection of Paintings before 1945
- Collection of Paintings after 1945
- Collection of Graphics, Prints and foreign Paintings
- The foreign art collection has 323 works,mostly graphics and drawings.
- Graphic works are from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Joan Miró, Georges Braque, Salvador Dalí, Jacques Villon, David Hockney, Robert Rauschenberg, Eduardo Paolozzi, Victor Vasarely, Hans Hartung, James Rosenquist, Josef Albers, Albert Gleizes, Max Bill, Lucio Fontana, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Frank Stella, Antoni Tàpies, Richard Hamilton (artist) ...
- Drawings works from : Fritz Wotruba,
- Paintings from Max Ernst, Andre Masson
- The foreign art collection has 323 works,mostly graphics and drawings.
- Collection of Sculptures
- There are 752 sculptures by Ivan Meštrović, Antun Augustinčić, Toma Rosandić, Walter S. Arnold, ...
- Collection of New Art Media
- Collection has works of Marina Abramović, Ken Friedman, George Maciunas, Hannah Wilke etc.
- Library and catalogue library - over 4,800 books and 23,000 catalogues
- Hemeroteque - more than 350,000 press clippings
- Photo library
Departments:
- Department of General Affairs
- Department of Finance
- Studio for Conservation and Restoration
The museum also operates the Salon of the MoCAB, located in old town Belgrade. It was opened in 1961.
2007-2017 renovation
When renovation talks first began in the early 2000s, both original architects were still alive. However, Antić died in 2005 and Raspopović in 2015.[2] Reconstruction began in 2007, but dragged on for a decade, due to numerous reasons. After 10 years of renovation work, the museum was finally re-opened to the public on October 20, 2017, on the anniversary of the first museum opening 52 years earlier.[1] The entire building was renovated and upgraded to meet current museum standards. The park surrounding the museum building was also reconstructed. The first exhibition to be held in the newly renovated museum was "Sequences" by Dejan Sretenović.[1][2]
Raspopović contributed to the reconstruction project by suggesting that the glass, belonging to the building’s domes, be replaced with a darker shade. The newly added blue panels change their tone, depending on the weather and time of day. The domes have therefore become interactive and dynamic, complimenting the surrounding park and the nearby modernistic glass-and-steel Ušće Tower. The main criticism, regarding the renovations, revolves around the use of too much concrete in the access paths leading to the museum. Despite new lighting, as well as the addition of pebbles and tartan, critics believe that the concrete makes the area appear less "humane" and could hamper the future growth of avenue-like trees along the paths.[2]
The parceling and concreting of the surrounding park area was also criticized,[4], so as the apparent haste in the final stages of the troubled reconstruction to finish it quickly. The first company chosen to do the works was "Montera". It was paid fully for the job, but it went bankrupt leaving the renovation unfinished for years. On the next public bidding in 2014, specifically for the roof, the company "Jedinstvo" from Užice was chosen. The next bidding, for the rest of the works, failed. "Jedinstvo" applied again and the museum's commission picked it again, even though it had the most expensive offer. Ministry of Culture, headed by Ivan Tasovac at the time insisted that the cheapest bidder should be picked instead, the "Modulor" company from Zemun. As a result, the manager of the museum Jovan Despotović was sacked and on the repeated bidding the "Termoinženjering" company was chosen. They finished the entire reconstruction, renovating the roof all over again. Yet, already in July 2018 the reconstructed roof began to leak during the rain.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Otvoren Muzej savremene umetnosti". N1.
- ^ a b c d e Goran V. Anđelković (20 October 2017), "Kristal na ušću ponovo sija" [Crystal at the confluence shines again], Politika (in Serbian), p. 25
- ^ "Među 100 najboljih žena arhitekata Evrope i DVE SRPKINJE". Blic.
- ^ Radoslav Ćebić (31 May 2018). "Tiranija Beograda na void" [Tyranny of the Belgrade Waterfront]. Vreme, No. 1430 (in Serbian).
- ^ M.A.K. & D.B.M. (7 July 2018). "Kante kupile kišnicu: Voda ušla u zgradu Muzeja savremene umetnosti" [Buckets collected rain water: water entered the building of the Museum of Contemporary Arts] (in Serbian). Večernje Novosti.