{"id":24123,"date":"2024-01-19T20:16:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T20:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/?page_id=24123"},"modified":"2024-10-01T16:42:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T16:42:38","slug":"komemorativni-murali","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beotura.rs\/en\/komemorativni-murali\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMEMORATIVE MURALS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Murals of deceased public figures<\/h3>\n
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The murals dedicated to deceased public figures is a phenomenon seen worldwide, including in Serbia. After the death of certain public personalities, especially from the entertainment industry, street artists create portraits as a tribute to their contributions to culture and art. Notable murals in this series include those of British singer Amy Winehouse, musician David Bowie, boxer Muhammad Ali, basketball player Kobe Bryant, actor Robin Williams, and more. When it comes to Belgrade artists, mention should be made of musicians Dragoljub \u0110uri\u010di\u0107 and D\u017eej Ramadanovski, as well as actors Danilo \"Bata\" Stojkovi\u0107, Petar Kralj, Marinko Mad\u017egalj, Borivoje \"Bora\" Todorovi\u0107, Zoran Radmilovi\u0107, Velimir \"Bata\" \u017divojinovi\u0107, Milena Dravi\u0107, and Dragan Nikoli\u0107. They are depicted in places associated with their lives, work, or other characteristics, such as murals behind the Atelje 212 theater and near the Belgrade Drama Theatre dedicated to deceased actors, or a mural of D\u017eej Ramadanovski near a tavern in Dor\u0107ol where he often spent time.<\/p>\n

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Mural posve\u0107en glumcu Velimiru Bati \u017divojinovi\u0107u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Murals of historical figures<\/h3>\n
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he attitude towards national history in Serbia represents an important component of collective identity. Therefore, it is understandable that among painted murals, those depicting historical figures stand out. They are becoming increasingly present in public spaces, adorning the facades of residential buildings as well as communal areas or walls of abandoned industrial structures. Portraits belonging to this group of murals are generally recognizable or at least familiar on a national or local level, representing a part of the national history of a specific place.<\/p>\n

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Mural Save Kova\u010devi\u0107a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the most common motifs when it comes to historical figures, both in Belgrade and throughout Serbia, is the portrait of Nikola Tesla. As a globally recognizable personality due to his contributions to science and his origin, Nikola Tesla can be found on walls not only in Belgrade but throughout Serbia. His image is associated with a sense of national pride, without a specific political-ideological background implied by the authors in cases of some other portraits of historical figures.<\/p>\n

Another frequently seen mural in Belgrade and other cities in Serbia is the portrait of Gavrilo Princip, which carries a clear political and ideological context \u2014 as a symbol of national pride, revolutionary spirit, struggle for liberation, and Serbian unity. Alongside Gavrilo Princip's portrait, there might be the quote, \"Our shadows will walk in Vienna, wander through the palace, frighten the lords,\" believed to have been written by Gavrilo Princip himself while imprisoned in Sarajevo, after which he was transferred to the Terezin prison in Czechoslovakia, where he died.<\/p>\n

In a series of historical murals, portraits of Russian Tsar Nicholas II Romanov, Bishop Petar Petrovi\u0107 Njego\u0161, Duke \u017divojin Mi\u0161i\u0107, a Serbian military leader from the Balkan Wars and World War I, appear. Often, the murals are accompanied by quotes with a clear political goal of provocation or awakening national pride. For instance, alongside the mural of Njego\u0161, the text reads, \"Everyone is born to die once; honor and disgrace live forever!\" Next to the mural of Kara\u0111or\u0111e, the inscription reads, \"Serbia cannot be calmed down.\" or next to the portrait of Duke \u017divojin Mi\u0161i\u0107 \u2014 \"General, we are surrounded! Excellent, my born one, now we can attack in all directions!\"<\/p>\n

One of the most dramatic political events in the early 21st century was the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran \u0110in\u0111i\u0107. The assassination of Prime Minister Zoran \u0110in\u0111i\u0107 took place on March 12, 2003, at the entrance to the Government of Serbia building. Zoran \u0110in\u0111i\u0107 was the Prime Minister of the Government of Serbia after the democratic changes, from January 2001 to March 12, 2003. A year after the assassination, in 2004, a commemorative plaque was placed at the entrance to the Government building, where Prime Minister \u0110in\u0111i\u0107 was shot. The plaque bears \u0110in\u0111i\u0107's quote: \"If someone thinks they will stop the enforcement of the law and reform by removing me, then they are seriously mistaken.\"<\/p>\n

The mural located on the plateau across from the entrance to the Faculty of Philosophy was created in 2018, and after a few days, it was damaged by paint. The mural has been cleaned and restored every few months. The current state is such that the mural has been placed at a higher level, partially protecting it. The mural shares a stylistic resemblance to others in Belgrade \u2014 leaning towards hyperrealism. What sets it apart is its location on the plateau of the Faculty of Philosophy, where \u0110in\u0111i\u0107 studied philosophy.<\/p>\n

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Mural posve\u0107en Zoranu \u0110in\u0111i\u0107i ispre Filozofskog fakulteta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Zoran \u0110in\u0111i\u0107 was born in 1952 in Bosanski \u0160amac. He graduated in philosophy in Belgrade and obtained his doctorate in Germany, where he went under political pressure in the late 1970s. He was one of the founders of the Democratic Party, and in 1994, he was elected as its president. From February to September 1997, he served as the mayor of Belgrade, representing the Zajedno coalition. After the victory of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) in the parliamentary elections in December 2000, he was elected as the Prime Minister in January 2001.<\/p>\n

The mural located on the plateau opposite the entrance to the Faculty of Philosophy was created in 2018, and after a few days the mural was desecrated by paint. However, the mural was restored every few months, after which it would be desecrated again. The recent situation is such that the mural is placed on a higher level, so desecration is difficult. The mural is stylistically similar to other murals in Belgrade\u2014with a tendency towards hyperrealism. What marks it is the place where it is located\u2014the plateau of the Faculty of Philosophy, the oldest higher education institution in Serbia. The mural is located in the place where \u0110in\u0111i\u0107 studied philosophy.<\/p>\n

A commemorative mural for the political activist Oliver Ivanovi\u0107, the slain leader of the Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice from Kosovo, is located near the police station on Despot Stefan Boulevard. The portrait is accompanied by the text \"You cannot live in an atmosphere of fear.\" This mural has not been damaged, repainted, or desecrated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Commemorative murals of anonymous people<\/h3>\n
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A special group of murals consists of commemorative portraits of anonymous, mostly young people who were killed or died in tragic accidents. By placing these murals in a public space, they acquire a general character, because their tragic death causes a collective resistance to the injustice they were exposed to or the misfortune that happened. They are an expression of collective memory with which the community wants to immortalize their young lives and remind them to be careful in preventing tragic events.<\/p>\n

Such murals are usually painted in the immediate vicinity of where the person lived or where he spent his time. Such a mural was created on the occasion of the murder of Milo\u0161 Mileusni\u0107, a student from \u010ca\u010dak who was killed as a bystander in Dimitrija Tucovi\u0107a Street in 2019 when the murderer Ne\u0111eljko \u0110urovi\u0107, in an unstable mental state, \"randomly selected\" stabbed him several times with a knife. His mural in Belgrade is located on Dor\u0107ol in Strahinji\u0107a Bana Street.<\/p>\n

A fifteen-year-old girl, Minja Dragani\u0107, was the victim of a fire that broke out in the apartment where she lived with her parents in Dor\u0107ol. A mural dedicated to Minja is located at the \"Bra\u0107a Baruch\" elementary school, which she attended.<\/p>\n

On Zvezdara, near the Ivan Goran Kova\u010di\u0107 school, there is a mural dedicated to Stefan Radojevi\u0107\u2014Radet, a young man who tragically died in a motorcycle accident on Dimitrija Tucovi\u0107a Street.<\/p>\n

On Vra\u010dar there is a mural dedicated to Nemanja Antic, a young man who died in a traffic accident near Ada Huja in 2014, while on the facade of the First Belgrade High School there is a mural dedicated to Milo\u0161 Jankovi\u0107, also a victim of the same accident.<\/p>\n

On the building in Kraljice Marije Street , since 2022, there is a mural dedicated to the student Jovan Ivi\u0107, who committed suicide on that very spot.<\/p>\n

Those commemoration actions are initiated in most cases by friends and family.<\/p>\n

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Murals of victims of hooligan and criminal murders<\/h3>\n
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Football fans, known as \"ultras\", originated in Italy in the late 60s of the 20th century, and in the 80s they spread to other parts of Europe. Organized into football fan associations, ultras are characterized by passionate support for a football club, often linked to political ideology or ethnicity. Over time, some branches of ultras fan groups began to get involved in dangerous criminal activities.<\/p>\n

Thus, subgroups of ultras fans, who deal with violence and organized crime, gathered hooligans into a well-organized criminal structure. These hooligan groups, due to the large number of murders that followed as a result of mutual confrontations, especially in the last decade, commission murals of deceased members, realistically painted in the style of GTR. However, these murals depict fans of different fan groups who belong to hooligan groups due to their criminal activities.<\/p>\n

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Mural u O\u0160 Starina Novak posve\u0107en huliganskim grupama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With this way of memorializing personalities, certain urban neighborhoods or units are demarcated in a picturesque way, and visual messages are sent to certain social groups. They can have overt or hidden meanings such as threat, revenge, or simply honoring the deceased. Particularly active in the sphere of commemorative street art are the fans of FC Partizan, the so-called Grobari. A number of commemorative fan murals are scattered around the city, and just near Partizan's stadium, there are now 13 murals dedicated to different people. These are individuals who, in addition to being fans, have a history of violent and hooligan behaviour. Mostly unknown to the public, these fans only used football support as a cover for certain criminal activities.<\/p>\n

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Among the series of murals of this type, the mural of Ljubomir Markovi\u0107 Ki\u0107a, the former leader of Partizan's fan group \"Alcatraz\", stands out. Murals are dedicated to him at two locations in Belgrade, one in the Petlovo brdo neighborhood, the other in lower Dor\u0107ol. On the Dor\u0107ol mural there is a text that reads \"You are the pride of Belgrade\". Ljubomir Markovi\u0107 became known to the general public during the investigation into the murder of French fan Brice Taton in September 2009. Markovi\u0107 was then arrested, sentenced to 30 years in prison, in the meantime his sentence was reduced to 13 years, after which he was released from prison in 2017, and two years later he was killed.<\/p>\n

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On the street 27. Marta\/Kraljice Marije in Belgrade, on the facade of a residential building there is a mural of a man with text that reads \"Dovla 1978-2013\". Dovla or Vlada Zlo were some of the nicknames of Vladimir Luki\u0107, a fan of FC Rad, who was killed in the same street. Vladimir Luki\u0107 was part of the fan group of the mentioned club, \"United force\", as well as the leader of the neo-Nazi squad \"Combat 18\". In 27 Mart Street itself, as well as in the surrounding streets, a large number of stencils were drawn with the image of Vladimir Luki\u0107 along with the words Dovla underneath.<\/p>\n

The mural of Alen Kosti\u0107, also known as Kubi, is located in the Belgrade neighborhood of \u017deleznik, at the bus interchange. Alen was killed while he was the leader of the partisan fan group \"Zabranjeni\", against whom 15 criminal charges were filed at that time. It is believed that he was killed because of a conflict with the rival Partizan group \"Alcatraz\".<\/p>\n

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There is also a mural dedicated to Vladimir Vojvodi\u0107 Vojvoda, the former leader of Crvena Zvezda fans, from the close circle of \u017deljko Ra\u017enatovi\u0107 Arkan, the leader of a criminal clan from the 1990s.<\/p>\n

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In New Belgrade, in Block 21, there is a mural dedicated to Velibor Dunji\u0107, the leader of Crvena Zvezda fans, a group called \"Hyenas\". Velibor, against whom about 40 criminal charges were filed, was killed in front of a raft in New Belgrade. He is depicted unusually for a commemorative mural\u2014in action, holding a megaphone in one hand. Next to the mural is the full text of Du\u0161ko Trifunovi\u0107's song \"I made a lot of mistakes\".<\/p>\n

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A mural dedicated to Luka Mi\u0161kovi\u0107, who was killed in front of the Konoba Akustik tavern, is located on the upper part of Dor\u0107ol. Luka, who had several criminal charges, was shot during his arrest because of a \"bitter argument\" with the owner of the said tavern.<\/p>\n

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The mural in Zdravko \u010celar street is dedicated to two Partizan fans, who are represented only by their nicknames\u2014Vlajko and Grobi. Vlajko was Vladimir \u017divkovi\u0107, a member of the partisan fan group \"Zabranjeni\", who died after being stabbed by a member of the rival partisan camp \"Alcatraz\". Grobi is the nickname of Ivan Perovi\u0107, also a member and sympathiser of the \"Zabranjeni\" group, who was killed by a firearm in New Belgrade by members of \"Alcatraz\".<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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