Artists at War

Ewa Anna Kumelowski is a historian of 20th Century Yugoslav cultural history, with a focus on expressions of everyday experiences in war, particularly amongst marginalized or otherwise overlooked populations. She holds a joint PhD from the Humboldt University of Berlin and the EHESS in Paris.

• Chapter 1: A creative community in war: introducing the visual arts scene of besieged.- Chapter 2: Stateless and supranational: tracing the dissolution of a Yugoslav cultural community (1987-1992).- Chapter 3: We must create as they destroy: usage and adaptation of narratives of civilization by Sarajevan visual artists.- Chapter 4: Artistic defense and responses to the militarization of everyday life.- Chapter 5: Creating in destruction. Artists as agents in besieged Sarajevo.