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'''Raša Todosijević''' (1945, Belgrade) is a painter and sculptor living in [[Belgrade]]. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade (1969), where he studied painting. Has been exhibiting since 1967. In the early 1970s, he was one of the initiators of new art in Belgrade. His means of expression include installations, performance, video, paintings, sculptures, as objects made of different, clashing organic and non-organic materials: bread, fish, rubber plants, mud, plaster, water, metal, found objects, transistors, etc.
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[[Image:Todosijevic 1973 Decision as Art.jpg|thumb|350px|''Decision as Art'', performance, Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade, 1973.]]
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'''Raša Todosijević''' (2 September 1945, Belgrade - 3 December 2024) was a painter and sculptor. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade (1969), where he studied painting. He first exhibited in 1967. In the early 1970s, he was one of the initiators of new art practice in [[Belgrade]]. His means of expression included installations, performance, video, paintings, sculptures, as objects made of different, clashing organic and non-organic materials: bread, fish, rubber plants, mud, plaster, water, metal, found objects, transistors, etc.
  
 
Such works as Forged Bread (1973), 200.000 Lines for the Paris Biennale (1977),Schlafflagge with Carp (1981), Invisible Sculpture - Endless Music (1981), Fountain of Death in Maribor (1988) and Gott liebt die Serben (1989) have been destroyed and exist only on photographs.
 
Such works as Forged Bread (1973), 200.000 Lines for the Paris Biennale (1977),Schlafflagge with Carp (1981), Invisible Sculpture - Endless Music (1981), Fountain of Death in Maribor (1988) and Gott liebt die Serben (1989) have been destroyed and exist only on photographs.
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Since 1973 has written essays on the theory of art and "art texts" (For Art Against Art, Introduction to History, Who Makes Profit on Art and Who Gains from it Honestly). Since 1980 has been writing Stories on Art. His essays and stories have been published in many Yugoslav and foreign literature and art journals.
 
Since 1973 has written essays on the theory of art and "art texts" (For Art Against Art, Introduction to History, Who Makes Profit on Art and Who Gains from it Honestly). Since 1980 has been writing Stories on Art. His essays and stories have been published in many Yugoslav and foreign literature and art journals.
  
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Major performances and actions: Marinela (Belgrade 1971), Decisions as Art (Edinburgh - Belgrade, 1973), Drinking Water (Belgrade, 1974), Was ist Kunst? (Paris, Biennale de Paris, 1977), Was ist Kunst? (Wien, Oesterreichicher Kunstverein, International Performance Festival, 1977), Was ist Kunst? (Lublin, International Festival of Performance and Body Art, 1978), Vive la France - Vive la Tyrannie (Amsterdam, International Meeting devoted to Work and Words 1979).
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Major performances and actions: Marinela (Belgrade 1971), Decision as Art (Edinburgh - Belgrade, 1973), Drinking Water (Belgrade, 1974), Was ist Kunst? (Paris, Biennale de Paris, 1977), Was ist Kunst? (Wien, Oesterreichicher Kunstverein, International Performance Festival, 1977), Was ist Kunst? (Lublin, International Festival of Performance and Body Art, 1978), Vive la France - Vive la Tyrannie (Amsterdam, International Meeting devoted to Work and Words 1979).
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==Catalogues==
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* ''Raša Todosijević. Was ist Kunst?'', Belgrade: Geopoetika, 2002. {{sr}}
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* ''Hvala Raši Todosijeviću'', ed. Dejan Sretenović, Belgrade: Muzej savremene umetnosti, 2002. {{sr}}
  
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* ''[[Media:Rasa Todosijevic MSU Beograd 1982.pdf|Raša Todosijević]]'', Belgrade: Muzej savremene umetnosti, 1982, [8] pp. With text by Jerko Denegri. {{sc}}
 
* ''[[Media:Rasa Todosijevic MSU Beograd 1982.pdf|Raša Todosijević]]'', Belgrade: Muzej savremene umetnosti, 1982, [8] pp. With text by Jerko Denegri. {{sc}}
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* ''[[Media:Dragoljub Rasa Todosijevic Tomorrow Is Monday 2022.pdf|Dragoljub Raša Todosijević: sutra je ponedeljak / Tomorrow Is Monday]]'', ed. Sanja Kojić Mladenov, Novi Sad: Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, 2022, 136 pp. {{sr}}/{{en}}
 
* ''[[Media:Dragoljub Rasa Todosijevic Tomorrow Is Monday 2022.pdf|Dragoljub Raša Todosijević: sutra je ponedeljak / Tomorrow Is Monday]]'', ed. Sanja Kojić Mladenov, Novi Sad: Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, 2022, 136 pp. {{sr}}/{{en}}
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* ''Was ist Kunst? Dragoljub Raša Todosijević'', eds. Jakub Král and Matěj Smrkovský, Prague: Galerie hl. města Prahy, 2023, 72 pp. [https://eshop.ghmp.cz/was-ist-kunst--dragoljub-rasa-todosijevic/ Publisher]. Video reports: [https://artycok.tv/cs/post/was-ist-kunst Artycok.tv], [https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/kultura/co-je-to-umeni-v-praze-vystavuje-rasa-todosijevic-praci-plnou-vyznamovych-rozporu-4620 Czech TV]. Exh. reviews: [https://flashart.cz/2023/11/07/dragoljub-rasa-todosijevic/ Natálie Drtinová] (Flash Art CS), [https://www.advojka.cz/archiv/2023/17/dragoljub-rasa-todosijevic-was-ist-kunst David Bláha] (A2). {{cz}}/{{en}}
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* [https://www.bibliofil.hr/en/rasa-todosijevic more]
 
* [https://www.bibliofil.hr/en/rasa-todosijevic more]
  
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==Interviews==
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110424130955/en.seecult.org/node/38050 "Rasa Todosijevic on Art, Beer and Beans"], 22 ''SEEcult.org'', Apr 2008.  
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110424130955/en.seecult.org/node/38050 "Rasa Todosijevic on Art, Beer and Beans"], 22 ''SEEcult.org'', Apr 2008.  
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* [http://www.artmargins.com/index.php/5-interviews/629-raa-todosijevi-interview-dietmar-unterkofler "Raša Todosijević in Conversation with Dietmar Unterkofler"], ''ARTMargins'', 8 Jun 2011.
 
  
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* [https://artmargins.com/raa-todosijevi-interview-dietmar-unterkofler/ "Raša Todosijević in Conversation with Dietmar Unterkofler"], ''ARTMargins'', 8 Jun 2011.
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* Dejan Sretenović, [http://www.scribd.com/doc/24547852 "Time, World and Raša Todosijević"], Feb 2000. Lecture given  in the School of the history and theory of art of the Center of the contemporary art, Belgrade.
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==Literature==
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* [[Dejan Sretenović]], [http://www.scribd.com/doc/24547852 "Time, World and Raša Todosijević"], Feb 2000. Lecture given  in the School of the history and theory of art of the Center of the contemporary art, Belgrade.
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* Ješa Denegri, [https://www.avantgarde-museum.com/en/jesa-denegri-rasa-todosijevics-art-of-decision-english~no6068/ "Raša Todosijević's Art of Decision: A Protagonist of the International Art Scene"], n.d. {{en}}
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* Seraina Renz, [https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/handle/18452/8216 "‘Art and Revolution’: The Student Cultural Center in Belgrade as a Place between Affirmation and Critique"], ''kunsttexte.de/ostblick'' 3: "Mythmaking Eastern Europe: Art in Response", ed. Mateusz Kapustka, 2014. {{en}}
 
* Seraina Renz, [https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/handle/18452/8216 "‘Art and Revolution’: The Student Cultural Center in Belgrade as a Place between Affirmation and Critique"], ''kunsttexte.de/ostblick'' 3: "Mythmaking Eastern Europe: Art in Response", ed. Mateusz Kapustka, 2014. {{en}}
  
 
* [[Branislav Dimitrijević]], [https://www.academia.edu/36745112/ "Raša Todosijević - 'Was ist Kunst?'"], in ''Kontakt. The Art Collection of Erste Fondation'', Cologne: Walther Konig, 2017, pp 341-343. {{en}}
 
* [[Branislav Dimitrijević]], [https://www.academia.edu/36745112/ "Raša Todosijević - 'Was ist Kunst?'"], in ''Kontakt. The Art Collection of Erste Fondation'', Cologne: Walther Konig, 2017, pp 341-343. {{en}}
  
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* Ondřej Vojtěchovský, [https://www.ghmp.cz/qartal/rasa-todosijevic-jedno-z-deti-revoluce/ "Raša Todosijević, jedno z dětí revoluce"], ''Quartal'' 10, Prague: GHMP, 2023. {{cz}}
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==Links==
  
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* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/24547763/Ra%C5%A1a-Todosijevi%C4%87-engleska-biografija Biography]
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* http://www.scribd.com/doc/24547763/Ra%C5%A1a-Todosijevi%C4%87-engleska-biografija
 
 
* http://realitycheck.c3.hu/rasabio.html
 
* http://realitycheck.c3.hu/rasabio.html
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* http://www.scribd.com/was%20ist%20kunst%202
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* [https://www.avantgarde-museum.com/en/museum/collection/authors/rasa-todosijevic~pe4525/ Avantgarde-Museum.com]
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* [http://www.scribd.com/was%20ist%20kunst%202 Scribd]
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* [https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/rasa-todosijevic-18874 Tate]
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* Tribute: [https://www.seecult.org/hvala-i-slava-rasi-todosijevicu/ Vesna Milosavljević] (SEEcult.org) [https://www.diplomacyandcommerce.rs/thank-you-rasa-todosijevic-ungrateful-serbia/], [https://www.mg-lj.si/en/visit/4031/in-memoriam-dragoljub-rasa-todosijevic-1945-2024/ MG+MSUM].
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* [https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Драгољуб_Раша_Тодосијевић Wikipedia-SR]
  
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Revision as of 08:48, 12 May 2025

Decision as Art, performance, Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade, 1973.

Raša Todosijević (2 September 1945, Belgrade - 3 December 2024) was a painter and sculptor. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade (1969), where he studied painting. He first exhibited in 1967. In the early 1970s, he was one of the initiators of new art practice in Belgrade. His means of expression included installations, performance, video, paintings, sculptures, as objects made of different, clashing organic and non-organic materials: bread, fish, rubber plants, mud, plaster, water, metal, found objects, transistors, etc.

Such works as Forged Bread (1973), 200.000 Lines for the Paris Biennale (1977),Schlafflagge with Carp (1981), Invisible Sculpture - Endless Music (1981), Fountain of Death in Maribor (1988) and Gott liebt die Serben (1989) have been destroyed and exist only on photographs.

Collaborated briefly with the music group known as Other New Music (M.Draskovic and M. Savic).

Since 1973 has written essays on the theory of art and "art texts" (For Art Against Art, Introduction to History, Who Makes Profit on Art and Who Gains from it Honestly). Since 1980 has been writing Stories on Art. His essays and stories have been published in many Yugoslav and foreign literature and art journals.

Major performances and actions: Marinela (Belgrade 1971), Decision as Art (Edinburgh - Belgrade, 1973), Drinking Water (Belgrade, 1974), Was ist Kunst? (Paris, Biennale de Paris, 1977), Was ist Kunst? (Wien, Oesterreichicher Kunstverein, International Performance Festival, 1977), Was ist Kunst? (Lublin, International Festival of Performance and Body Art, 1978), Vive la France - Vive la Tyrannie (Amsterdam, International Meeting devoted to Work and Words 1979).

Catalogues

  • Raša Todosijević. Was ist Kunst?, Belgrade: Geopoetika, 2002. (Serbian)
  • Hvala Raši Todosijeviću, ed. Dejan Sretenović, Belgrade: Muzej savremene umetnosti, 2002. (Serbian)
  • Raša Todosijević, Belgrade: Muzej savremene umetnosti, 1982, [8] pp. With text by Jerko Denegri. (Serbo-Croatian)

Interviews

Literature

Links

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