Miodrag Živković (sculptor)
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{{Short description|Serbian sculptor (1928–2020)}}
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Миодраг Живковић
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| birth_place = Leskovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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| death_place = Belgrade, Serbia
| nationality = Serbian
| field = Sculpture
| training = Academy of Applied Arts
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| works = Tjentište
The Interrupted Flight
Kadinjača Memorial Complex
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Miodrag Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Живковић; 1928 – 31 July 2020) was a Serbian sculptor{{cite web|url=http://miodrag-zivkovic.com/biografija.htm|title=miodrag-zivkovic.com – Informationen zum Thema miodrag-zivkovic.|website=miodrag-zivkovic.com|accessdate=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305115406/http://miodrag-zivkovic.com/biografija.htm|archive-date=5 March 2010|url-status=dead}} and university professor. He is well-known for his work on memorial complexes throughout Yugoslavia.
Biography
Živković was born in Leskovac. After moving to Belgrade with his family in 1944, he graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1952. After working as an arts teaching instructor in Mladenovac and Novi Beograd, he was employed as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts within the University of Arts in Belgrade, becoming Dean in 1974, a position he occupied until 1977. From 1977 to 1984 he was head of the Faculty's sculpture department. From 1991 to 1996 he was again Dean of the Faculty.
He died in Belgrade on 31 July 2020.{{cite news |last1=Corritore |first1=Nicole |title=Addio a Miodrag Živković |url=https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/bloc-notes/Addio-a-Miodrag-Zivkovic |accessdate=5 August 2020 |work=Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa |date=5 August 2020 |language=Italian}}
Works
Outside of academia, Živković is known as the creator of a number of sculptures throughout the territory of the Former Yugoslavia and abroad, including the following:
- "Broken Wings", Kragujevac, Serbia (1963){{cite web|url=http://miodrag-zivkovic.com/strane/kragujevac.htm|title=miodrag-zivkovic.com – Informationen zum Thema miodrag-zivkovic.|website=miodrag-zivkovic.com|accessdate=15 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs/spomenik.php?id=602|title=Споменици културе у Србији|website=spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs|accessdate=15 March 2019}}
- Monument to the Martirs of the Federación Obrera de Magallanes (FOM), Punta Arenas, Chile (1968)
- Monument to Yugoslav Immigrants, Punta Arenas, Chile (1970)
- Valley of Heroes, Tjentište, Bosnia & Herzegovina (1971){{cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2011/06/16/concrete-relics-of-bygone-yugoslavia-slip-into-oblivion/|title=Concrete Relics of Bygone Yugoslavia Slip into Oblivion|date=16 June 2011|publisher=|accessdate=15 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://miodrag-zivkovic.com/strane/tjentiste.htm|title=miodrag-zivkovic.com – Informationen zum Thema miodrag-zivkovic.|website=miodrag-zivkovic.com|accessdate=15 March 2019}}
- Monument to Fallen Fighters, Priština, Kosovo (1971)"Revolucionarno kiparstvo", Zagreb: Spektar, 1977, p. 159-160
- Monumental Crypt, Gonars, Italy (1973){{cite web|url=http://miodrag-zivkovic.com/strane/gonars.htm|title=miodrag-zivkovic.com – Informationen zum Thema miodrag-zivkovic.|website=miodrag-zivkovic.com|accessdate=15 March 2019}}
- Memorial Park "Uprising and Revolution", Grahovo, Montenegro (1978){{cite web|url=http://miodrag-zivkovic.com/strane/grahovo.htm|title=miodrag-zivkovic.com – Informationen zum Thema miodrag-zivkovic.|website=miodrag-zivkovic.com|accessdate=15 March 2019}}
- Kadinjača Memorial Complex, near Užice, Serbia (1952–1979){{cite web|url=http://miodrag-zivkovic.com/strane/kadinjaca.htm|title=miodrag-zivkovic.com – Informationen zum Thema miodrag-zivkovic.|website=miodrag-zivkovic.com|accessdate=15 March 2019}}
- "Freedom", Ulcinj, Montenegro (1985)
- Monument to the Royal Yugoslav Air Force defenders of Belgrade, New Belgrade, Serbia (1994){{cite web|url=http://miodrag-zivkovic.com/strane/piloti.htm|title=miodrag-zivkovic.com – Informationen zum Thema miodrag-zivkovic.|website=miodrag-zivkovic.com|accessdate=15 March 2019}}
Gallery
File:Monument of Brotherhood and Unity in Pristina.jpg|Monument of Brotherhood and Unity in Priština, 1961
File:Šumarice.JPG|The Interrupted Flight is a part of Šumarice Memorial Park dedicated to the hundreds of children murdered by German Nazis on 21 October 1941 in Kragujevac massacre, 1963
File:Statue of Vuk Stefanovic Karadjic.JPG|Monument dedicated to Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Loznica 1964
File:Spomenik Milovanu Glišiću Valjevo 001.jpg|Monument dedicated to Milovan Glišić, Valjevo 1968
File:Kadinjača Memorial Complex, Užice, Serbia. Monument near the center.JPG|Kadinjača complex near Užice, 1979
File:Spomenik pilotima 1941.JPG|Monument to the Royal Yugoslav Air Force defenders of Belgrade, located in New Belgrade|alt=rectangular polished dark stone plinth pointing toward the sky, with a winged plaque and inscription at the base
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNfjPZkk2Gs&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=DKoj Interview with Miodrag Živković]
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