The Spomenik: Yugoslavia’s Abstract Memorials Between Sculpture and Landscape
Across socialist Yugoslavia, abstract concrete memorials built from the 1960s to the 1980s commemorate the victims of fascism and the partisan resistance of the Second World War. The Spomenik merge sculpture, architecture and landscape, from Jasenovac to the Makedonium. Many fell into neglect after 1990, yet they remain a case study for designers in how built space carries memory.
