Brutalizam is divided into three segments: one dedicated to spomenici ("Spomenik"), another to brutalist, but also rationalist and functionalist structures ("Cities in Dust"), a third segment is a tribute to the Bauhaus ("Bauhaus dreaming").
Brutalizam is the result of a stratification of techniques, of construction processes, of man-machine contaminations: from the pixel on the screen to the digital acquisition of the drawing, from the graphic editing that tames the hand stroke to the Indian ink that subjects the printing toner.
Gimo's works printed on posters, identified with the expression "GIMO graphics", are free of hand intervention with Indian ink.
(Plural: spomenici. Yugoslav monuments built to honor people's resistance struggle during the WWII against Axis occupation).
Each work is printed on 30x40 cm. forex panel and finished by hand with Indian ink.
Each work is dedicated to a Yugoslav spomenik. Each spomenik was extracted from its context and placed in a non-time and non-place: GIMO's vision.
A code appears on each spomenik. It's perhaps an ancient language or an unknown alien language or a message arriving from the future. Or...?
SITE: Kosmaj Mountain Park - Serbia
NAME: Monument to the fallen soldiers of the Kosmaj detachment
YEAR: 1971
DESIGNER: Vojin Stojić - Gradimir Medaković
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SITE: Jasenovac - Croatia
NAME: Stone Flower Monument
YEAR: 1966
DESIGNER: Bogdan Bogdanović
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SITE: Iliriska Bistrica - Slovenia
NAME: Monument on Liberty Hill
YEAR: 1965
DESIGNER: Janez Lenassi, Živa Baraga-Moškon
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SITE: Mrakovica (Kozara National Park) - Republika Srpska - Bosnia and Herzegovina
NAME: Monument to the revolution
YEAR: 1972
DESIGNER: Dušan Džamonja - Marijana Hanzenković
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SITE: Kruševo - Republic of North Macedonia
NAME: Ilinden Uprising Memorial or Makedonium
YEAR: 1974
DESIGNER: Jordan Grabul - Iskra Grabul
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SITE: Niš - Serbia
NAME: Bubanj Memorial
YEAR: 1963
DESIGNER: Ivan Sabolić
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SITE: Podgarić - Croatia
NAME: Monument to the revolution of the people of Moslavina
YEAR: 1967
DESIGNER: Dušan Džamonja, Vladimir Veličković
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SITE: Tjentište - Republika Srpska - Bosnia and Herzegovina.
NAME: Battle of Sutjeska Memorial.
YEAR: 1971
DESIGNER: Miodrag Živković, Ranko Radović
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Each work is printed on 50x60 cm. forex panel and finished by hand with Indian ink.
Each work is dedicated to a brutalist or functionalist or rationalist structure.
In GIMO's vision they become the symbol of the city in which they are located and, at the same time, the protagonists of a dream or a journey through time.
Each city is a place where GIMO lived during his stay on planet Earth or where he left something of himself.
Again, on each structure there is a message for humanity. A warning? A declaration of love? A conviction? A message of peace? A message that comes from the past or the future or from a parallel universe? Every question is still open, there is no certain answer yet. What's your?
SITE: Turin - Italy
NAME: Lingotto - FIAT industrial plant
YEAR: 1923
DESIGNER: Matté Trucco, Francesco Cartasegna, Vittorio Bonadè Bottino, Giovanni Antonio Porcheddu
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SITE: Skopje - Republic of North Macedonia
NAME: Central Post Office
YEAR: 1974
DESIGNER: Janko Konstantinov
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SITE: Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina
NAME: Sarajevo '84 Olympic Winter Games podium
YEAR: 1984
DESIGNER: Janez Gorišek, Vlado Gorišek
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SITE: Rome - Italy
NAME: Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana - Colosseo quadrato
YEAR: 1953
DESIGNER: Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Lapadula, Mario Romano
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SITE: Naples - Italy
NAME: Docker's House
YEAR: 1980
DESIGNER: Aldo Loris Rossi
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SITE: Florence - Italy
NAME: Poste e Telegrafi Provincial Directorate
YEAR: 1967
DESIGNER: Giovanni Michelucci
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SITE: Dnipro - Ukraine
NAME: Poplavok Café
YEAR: 1976
DESIGNER: Oscar Grigorievich Havkin
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SITE: Beograd - Serbia
NAME: Genex Tower - Western City Gate
YEAR: 1977
DESIGNER: Mihajlo Mitrović
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SITE: Sant Adrià de Besós - Barcelona - Spain
NAME: Sant Adrià de Besós thermoelectric power plant
YEAR: 1973
DESIGNER: Juan Ignacio Coscolluela Muntaner
Forex / 50x60 / 2023
Each work is inspired by Bauhaus design and is printed on 50x70 cm. forex panel.
While GIMO was studying humans aboard his spaceship, he came across the Weimar's Bauhaus design school. A real shock! From that astral date onwards, Bauhaus dreams occur very often on the nights of GIMO. Some of these dreams have become material and you can find them here.
Untitled Bauhaus dream 1
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Untitled Bauhaus dream 2
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Untitled Bauhaus dream 3
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Untitled Bauhaus dream 4
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