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During the 1960s and 70s, thousands of monuments commemorating the Second World War called 'Spomeniks' were built throughout the former Yugoslavia; striking monumental sculptures, with an angular geometry echoing the shapes of flowers, crystals, and macro-views of viruses or DNA. In the 1980s the Spomeniks still attracted millions of visitors from the Eastern bloc; today they are largely neglected and unknown, their symbolism lost and unwanted. Antwerp-based photographer Jan Kempenaers travelled the Balkans photographing these eerie objects, presented in this book as a powerful typological series. The beauty and mystery of the isolated, crumbling Spomeniks informs Kempenaer's enquiry into memory, found beauty, and whether former monuments can function as pure sculpture.

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68 pages
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English
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Roma Publications
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January 9, 2015
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9.72 x 0.47 x 13.35 inches
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9077459502
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978-9077459508
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Roma Publications (January 9, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 68 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9077459502
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9077459508
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.72 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.72 x 0.47 x 13.35 inches

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Under-appreciated masterpieces

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 20, 2012

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Having grown up in that part of the world, I remember as a child being taken to "spomeniks" on school field trips. It is only as an adult that I have come to appreciate their artistic content and stunning beauty. They stand as commemoration to the all too many lost in war's fury, as reminders of the terrible toll that wars have taken in the Balkans. And yet they offer hope, showing that humans are capable of sublime expression in the face of immense tragedy. I applaud Jan Kempenaers's aesthetic vision, but lament that he has chosen to marginalize the authors of these masterpieces by treating them only as visual objects. But most of all, I lament that they stand in silent ruin today when their message is so desperately needing to be heard.

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Mr. Protocol

Wonderful, spooky stuff

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 18, 2013

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Buried in the back of this book, in fine print, is a detailed one-page explanation of how these monuments came to be. There is no mention of what they mean individually, and most of them look like they were built by aliens having a love affair with concrete. I don't buy photo books, but I saw this man's photos of spomeniks in a gallery, and I couldn't forget them. Finally I broke down and bought this book. I didn't regret it. I don't think you will, either.

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Evgeniia

Amazing book of the amazing monuments

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 17, 2017

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The book is amazing. I wanted to buy it a long time ago. Today I have a great album with many beautiful photos of stunning monuments for a long memory. I am realy greatful to the author of this book.
Yes, this book is just a photo album without any discriptions, but I knew it in advance and it is what I wanted.

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W. Stotler

Book of Photography, Not a Photo Guidebook

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 28, 2016

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This wide-format book documents alien structures dotting often grey landscapes and works as a contextless photography book that is watching its subjects without commenting--much like Frank's The Americans. By not including detailed commentary, it encourages one to take in the feeling and moment of the place--the monolithic massiveness of the structures and their current state of decay. While a slim volume, the photography captures the feeling of these places with emotion.

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robert hackney

So close, but yet so far

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 4, 2014

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The photos are glorious, but there is NO story behind the sculptures/memorials...no brief bit of history, nada. I was hugely disappointed. There REALLY needs to be an addendum to the book that actually talks about these things. As it is, it's just a collection of "the greatest hits" of each piece. I'm sure he has many different views. It would have been good to see more than one angle.

In short, the idea is fantastic. It just wasn't taken NEARLY far enough...and now that it's been done once, I doubt anyone will redo it, and do it properly.

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WGC

Not very informative, but a good coffee table book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 13, 2016

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I guess I was expecting a little more to it than what arrived. Each picture was part of a double page spread with the other page being completely blank. As far as I could tell the name of the monument wasn't even included. I would have liked a little more information about each monument.

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Christian Ristow

Only buy if you really need to see these in print....

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 13, 2015

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Beautiful book and beautiful pictures of some really amazing sculptures.
All images and text, however, are available on Mr. Kempenaers' website.

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Bob

lost in the mountains

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 11, 2011

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The artists showed marvelous vision. The book itself would have benefited by including more information about the artists and their work.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 27, 2014

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This is a fantastic book on a very odd subject matter....

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 9, 2018

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really good.

Emerson

Poche parole, parlano le immagini

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on July 16, 2017

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Poche parole, parlano le immagini che hanno una forza disarmante.
Da architetto apprezzo tantissimo la restituzione chiara dell'idea di progetto, quindi non dando un'interpretazione personale che l'avrebbe snaturato, concentrandosi invece sulla loro vita.
Si percepisce quanto piacessero al fotografo, emozioni poi che passa al fruitore.

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Tarkowskij

Klasse.

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on August 9, 2016

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Schade, dass die Menschen so schnell vergessen. Auch völlig ohne Ideologie geht von diesen Denkmälern eine Magie aus, der man ggf. erst nach einer Weile auf die Spur kommt.

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