THE YUGO AUTOMOBILE AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE PRACTICES OF POST-YUGOSLAV ARTISTS RADOŠ ANTONIJEVIĆ, IGOR ANTIĆ, AND IVAN FIJOLIĆ
THE YUGO AUTOMOBILE AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE PRACTICES OF POST-YUGOSLAV ARTISTS RADOŠ ANTONIJEVIĆ, IGOR ANTIĆ, AND IVAN FIJOLIĆ

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the transformation of the Yugo car from an industrial product into an integral component of contemporary artworks. The introductory section briefly outlines how artists like Chris Burden, Armand Pierre Fernandez, Wolf Vostell, Damián Ortega, César Baldaccini, Sylvie Fleury, Mrđan Bajić, and Selma Selman approach cars as active agents that create meaning within their artistic practices. This is followed by a detailed socio-historical context of the Yugo’s creation and distribution. The central part of the paper analyses three art installations by Radoš Antonijević (2021), Igor Antić (2014), and Ivan Fijolić (2012), in which these artists integrate the Yugo car. It concludes that all three artists use the Yugo as material to create new visual and semantic narratives. They approach the car with historical distance, fully aware of its history, symbolism, and the successes and failures it encountered in the international market.

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