Davor Dzalto
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Davor Džalto (Давор Џалто) is an artist and art historian born in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 17 1980.
Today, he is one of the most important figures in Serbian and regional culture, representing a younger generation of intellectuals. He graduated from the High School of Art in Niš. His academic career started in Belgrade where he received a B.A. from the Faculty of Philosophy in History of Art. In 2003 he started M.A. studies in Belgrade. In 2004 he began writing his PhD thesis at the Albert-Ludwigs Universitaet in Freiburg, Germany.
His work is based on examination of the relations between personhood and authorship, especially in the postmodern and globalization context. He works in different media including video art, art history and theory, performance, painting, and sculpture.
His work has been presented at numerous exhibitions in different countries. He has taken part in many conferences and seminars, as well as having peace and inter-religious backgrounds. It is also held that he played an important role in Serbia and the whole region in promoting peace and cooperation between different religious communities, primarily because he has contacts among all important religions and religious leaders in the Balkans. He was directly involved in many initiatives during his engagement in the Pax Christi office in Belgrade. He has written a number of articles and theoretical texts. As an 18-year old student he published his first book, On Writings as an Artistic, Historical, Social and Cultural Phenomenon. He is a founding member and the Art Director of the Flexible Art Network. He lives and works in Freiburg and Belgrade.
Artwork
- Verbal and Visual Marking of Space - Performance-installation (2000)
- Funeral of an Author - Video-performance (2002)
- Creating... - Video (2003)
- The Red Army - Video (2003)
- Icons in Black Forest - Action (2004)
- Meditation with Icons and Serbian Coffee in Japanese Garden (in Freiburg) - Performance (2005)
Selected articles
- Who is an Author (Artist)? (2003)
- Totalitarianism and Totalitarianisms on Serbian Way to European Union (2004)
- Significance and Meaning of the Process of Global Integrations (2004)
- On the meaning of Church Art (2004)
- Human Face between Mask and Person (2005)
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