Dragoš Kalajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгош Калајић; 22 February 1943 – 22 July 2005) was a Serbian painter, philosopher and writer.[1]
Dragoš Kalajić | |
|---|---|
 Kalajić in 1976 | |
| Born | 22 February 1943 |
| Died | 22 July 2005 (aged 62) Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, writer |
| Spouse | Vesna Vujica |
| Children | Sonja Kalajić |
| Website | dragoskalajic |
Early life and education
editDragoš Kalajić was born on 22 February 1943 in Belgrade. Dragoš's father Velimir Kalajić was a Chetnik military judge, his mother Tatjana Kalajić (née Parenta) taught mathematics at the Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade.[2]
Kalajić studied art at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. He graduated in 1966 with the highest marks in his class. After completing his training he began living and working in Belgrade and Rome.[2]
Career
editKalajić was an accomplished writer beside being an artist (he wrote for the magazine Pogledi). He was a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia, the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia and the Association of Writers of Russia. He achieved considerable success in the many fields that he ventured into, from literature to visual arts to the history of art and publishing.
During the 1950s and 60s, Kalajić was part of the art group Mediala. During this time, he was notorious for his right-wing views in the vein of Julius Evola.[3] In 1962, Kalajić played the character of Boba in Jovan Živanović's film Strange Girl.
During the rule of Slobodan Milošević, Kalajić published a column in the pro-government biweekly Duga. His views during that time have been described as "openly fascist" and anti-Semitic.[4]
He considered himself a pagan[5] until the mid-90s when he converted to Serbian Orthodox Christianity.[6][need quotation to verify][7]
Exhibitions
editSolo exhibitions
edit- Galleria d'arte L'Obelisco, Rome (1964)
- Galleria del Levante, Rome (1967)
- Galerie Maya, Brussels (1967)
- Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb (1968)
- Galleria Vinciano, Milan (1970)
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade (1973)
- Galerija Sebastian, Belgrade (1987)
Concept development for exhibitions
edit- Dimenzija realnog (A Dimension of the Real), Galerija Doma omladine, Belgrade (1967)
- Surovost kao ideal (Brutality as an Ideal), Galerija Ateljea 212, Belgrade (1967)
- Obnova slike (Renewal of the Image), Galerija Kulturnog centra Beograda, Belgrade (1971)
- Nova figuracija (New Figuration), Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion, Belgrade (1991)
- Beogradski pogled na svet (A Belgrade View of the World), Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion, Belgrade (1991)
References
edit- ^ "Poslednji Evropljanin" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. 23 July 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ a b Janković, Vesna M., ed. (1995). Ko je ko u Srbiji 1995 (in Serbian). Belgrade: Bibliofon. p. 223.
- ^ Bogdan, Henrik; Djurdjevic, Gordan, eds. (2013). Occultism in a Global Perspective. London and New York: Routledge. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-84465-716-2.
- ^ Gordy, Eric D. (1999). The Culture of Power in Serbia. The Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 68. ISBN 0-271-01957-3. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Matija Vojinović. Outlines of Our Internal Empire. Serbia National Review.
- ^ ВУЧКОВИЋ, АЛЕКСАНДАР (2019-05-16). "Јирген Кока, Историја капитализма, Клио, Београд 2016, стр. 136" [History of Capitalism by Jürgen Koka (2016), published by Klio: Belgrade. [Review]]. ГЛАСНИК УДРУЖЕЊА АРХИВСКИХ РАДНИКА РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРПСКЕ. 2 (9): 136. doi:10.7251/guars1709367k. ISSN 1840-4626. (Book review by ALEKSANDAR VUČKOVIĆ). in Gazette of the Association of Archive Workers of the Republic of Serbia
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- Pavićević, Aleksandra (2015). "Historical Overview of the Development of Cremation in Serbia: From ecology to ideology". In Dragana Radojičić (ed.). From mystery to spectacle: Essays on death in Serbia from the 19th–21st century [Od misterije do spektakla]. Belgrade: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Ethnography. pp. 50–66. ISBN 978-86-7587-079-1. p. 59:
2005 Belgrade ... was 'shaken' by an event seen as a rebirth of a pagan thought. ...the body of ... well known Serbian and Belgrade painter and publicist Dragoš Kalajić was sent off without the knowledge and attendance of his family. This was done, as the press argued, by a director and writer Dragoslav Bokan, who according to Kalajić's daughter, violated 'the death taboo' and the deceased's pagan orientation. Unofficial sources argued that Bokan was familiar with the deceased's latent Christian orientation, so he organized a Christian service, and then cremated the body.
- "A War in the Distance: Exhibition – Stories and Histories: Dragoš Kalajić and His Stolen Corpse". steirischer'23 | steirischer herbst. 2023.
When Kalajić, who identified as a pagan, died in 2005, his corpse was purportedly stolen by his nationalist colleague Dragoslav Bokan and brought to a Serbian Orthodox church to prevent his soul from going to hell.
- Pavićević, Aleksandra (2015). "Historical Overview of the Development of Cremation in Serbia: From ecology to ideology". In Dragana Radojičić (ed.). From mystery to spectacle: Essays on death in Serbia from the 19th–21st century [Od misterije do spektakla]. Belgrade: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Ethnography. pp. 50–66. ISBN 978-86-7587-079-1. p. 59:
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