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The 20th Century. Continuities and Ruptures exhibition breaks with traditional linearity by introducing the topics of the 20th century avant-gardes and of the art of the Partisan resistance, bringing them into the national history of art on an equal footing with more familiar trends and, as a consequence, casting new light on the latter.

In the Museum of Modern Art (MG+), a new exhibition is now on view: a circular timeline with a selection of works that are an addition to and continuation of the permanent exhibition 20th Century. Continuities and Ruptures and a guide to same.

The Politics of Memory, Power, and Resistance. A selection of works from Moderna galerija’s Arteast 2000+ and national collections plus special projects.

The exhibition is a result of a constructive dialogue between specific collections – the Solidarity Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje and the Arteast 2000+ collection, as well as the national collections of Moderna galerija, Ljubljana – highlighting only works that are made of natural materials, in addition to works that reflect the artists’ engagement with nature.

Translated into Socialism presents the little-known history of the Turkish-speaking community in Yugoslavia, more precisely, in Kosovo and Macedonia between 1920 and 1980.

The show continues the collaboration between MoCA Skopje and Moderna galerija Ljubljana, established with the joint exhibition Weaving Worlds: Collections in Conversation.

In his artworks, Raad explores how wars and decades of socio-political instability, such as those experienced in the Middle East, cause lasting physical and psychological violence that is reflected in bodies, psyches, spaces, traditions and memories.

In the history of art, bodies have often had connotations going beyond their physical presence – they were symbols of power, ideals, discipline, and also tools of ideological address. Bereitschaft is a contemporary intervention in this long tradition, intertwining the history of totalitarian aesthetics and the present-day visual culture of social media.