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The Decentralisation of European Avant­ Gardism and the Network of the Yugoslav Avant-Garde

Abstract

Članek analizira decentralizacijo evropskega avantgardnega kanona z osredotočanjem na jugoslovansko avantgardo, ki jo predstavi kot policentrično in rizomatsko omrežje umetniških praks. Predstavljeni so transnacionalni in omrežni pristopi ter interdisciplinarni metodološki okvir, ki so prispevali k preoblikovanju razumevanja avantgardnih gibanj. Osrednja pozornost je namenjena ključnim konceptom in teorijam, ki podpirajo rizomatski pristop k raziskovanju avantgarde, pri čemer se teoretska izhodišča osvetljujejo skozi primere jugoslovanskega dadaizma, zenitizma in konstruktivizma. Posebej sta izpostavljena koncepta »barbarogenija« in »balkanizacije Evrope« kot strategiji subverzije imperialnih diskurzov, ki ju primerjamo z likom »kanibala« latinskoameriškega avantgardista Oswalda de Andradeja. Članek zagovarja transnacionalno branje marginalnih avantgard, ki razkriva globalne mreže odpora proti zahodnocentričnim narativom modernosti. S prikazom jugoslovanske avantgarde kot dinamičnega omrežja in z utemeljevanjem omrežnega pristopa članek prispeva k razširjanju razumevanja avantgarde onkraj zahodnocentrične perspektive ter odpira prostor za nadaljnje raziskave marginaliziranih ali manjšinskih umetniških praks, kar pluralizira podobo evropske modernosti.The article analyses the decentralisation of the European avant-garde canon by focusing on the Yugoslav avant-garde, presenting it as a polycentric and rhizomatic network of artistic practices. It introduces the transnational and network approaches and an interdisciplinary methodological framework that have contributed to reshaping the understanding of avant- garde movements. Central attention is given to key concepts and theories that support a rhizomatic approach to researching the avant-garde, with theoretical foundations highlighted through examples of Yugoslav Dadaism, Zenitism and Constructivism. Particular emphasis is placed on the concepts of “barbarogenius” and the “Balkanisation of Europe” as strategies of subverting imperial discourses, which are compared to the figure of the “cannibal” in the work of Latin American avant-gardist Oswald de Andrade. The article argues for a transnational reading of marginal avant-gardes, revealing global networks of resistance against Eurocentric narratives of modernity. By presenting the Yugoslav avant- garde as a dynamic network and grounding the network approach, the article contributes to broadening the understanding of the avant-garde beyond a Eurocentric perspective. It opens space for further research into marginalised or minor artistic practices, pluralising the image of European modernity

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