Linking the historical and retro-avant-gardes by questioning the periphery-center relationship: The case of Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade
Journal: Quart.
Year: 2022

The essay outlines two attempts to revolutionize the periphery-centre relationship in Central and Eastern Europe. First belongs to the time of the historical avant-gardes of the 1920s and 1930s. The second to the retro-gardes at the turn of the centuries, that re-enacted some basic ideas of the constructivist and futurist utopian questions. The retro- and post-generations were proud to announce that they are the heirs of the artistic generation of the constructivists and zenitists, that wanted t