Dragoljub Raša Todosijević

Dragoljub Raša Todosijević, a key figure in Serbian and Yugoslav art, is renowned for his politically charged work that emerged in the 1970s among Belgrade’s conceptual artists. His iconic creations, spanning five decades, challenge and provoke thought on the nature of art and freedom. Raša Todosijević was born in Belgrade in 1945. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Art in Belgrade in 1969. He showed in many important exhibitions and prominent institutions around the world including Moderna Museet Stockholm, Centre George Pompidou Paris, Salzburger Kunstverein, MoMA Warsaw, Museum Ludwig Vienna, State Russian Museum St.Petersburg, Tretyakov Gallery Moscow, Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin, MoCA Barcelona and many others. He represented Serbia at the 54th Venice Biennale, where he received Unicredit Venice Award. In 2014 the video of his iconic 1976 performance ‘Was ist Kunst’ was included in the Tate Gallery Collection.