A sculpture, the work of an academic artist, was placed in front of the Hunting Lodge in Plužine Velja Stanisic which, according to the author, represents a monument to typographic sculpture and the tradition of that area.
"It is a multi-faceted work, where we have a bench, the form of letters and a path that will be built around the edge of the lake and, I hope, represent an additional stimulus to further develop tourism and activate rural areas. It is a form that has the initial sign of the Cyrillic letters 'B' and 'P' and whose narrative suggests the Baja Pivjanina, and the initial sign, in the subtext, also contains a Latin letter. I also incorporated a sword into the sculpture, as a symbol of the struggle of the people of that region for freedom, a tower, because Bajo also had its own tower, as well as a loophole (cube). There are all those archetypal images deposited in the memory of the people. As stated by those who saw the sculpture, it also contains the cruelty of nature, as a metaphysical reflection of that landscape," says Stanišić for "Vijesti".
He admits that it was exciting for him to deal with this topic, and that he found inspiration for it not only in the history and tradition of Piva, but also in world art.
"In one of the most famous parks, La Villette in Paris, Bernard Tekumi has set his 'La Folie' on a geometric grid – a large park overcome by geometry, and the red dots are a transferred matrix of Parisian streets, nodes. 'Crazy' giant red toys modeled after the Russian Constructivists - the heart of modernity that emerged from the Russian world. That was one of my sources of inspiration".
Stanišić is the author of the letter "Lj", which was installed two years ago in the Nikšić park and which symbolizes love, beauty and humanity. He was the co-author of that work, which, according to Čvorović, also represents the gate of the park Radoman Cvorović. Next year, according to him, the letter "Ž" should be made in Žabljak, in honor of 530 years since the printing of "Octoiha".
"Somehow, the topic of typographic sculpture imposed itself as an artistic wave on the cultural scene of Montenegro. The creator of that idea is not me, but Milivoje Miško Babović who made a typographic sculpture 30 years ago - a letter from 'Oktoih', which unfortunately lay in the yard of the Faculty of Fine Arts for decades. A new generation of public employees appeared who recognized this idea, and the rector of the University of Montenegro, Vladimir Bozovic, recognized the energy of Babović's work, so that sculpture was placed in the student park of the University", pointed out Stanišić.
The aforementioned Babović's ligature, which was created three decades ago with the help of employees of the "Obod" printing house, was installed last year in the newly opened student park of the University of Montenegro.
"I also had the idea that each town in Montenegro should get one letter - the initial letter of the town, as well as that the road from Podgorica to Cetinje should be marked with artistically ornate letters from the book Oktoih", said the sculptor Babović at the time, expressing the hope that his other ideas encounter understanding.
Stanišić points out that cultural modernity has been present in Montenegro since the 14th century despite "obscure difficulties".
"It is probably because the mental prediction was strong in this nation, so it was always, when it comes to culture, equal to other nations, and without culture, there is no dignity. This contemporary language offers the authenticity of a work of art. When it comes to typographic sculpture, we must not forget Miško Čvorović, who is a very important author for Montenegro. He made the alphabet in stone and that is my proposal for the next presentation of Montenegro at the Biennale in Venice, under the mentorship of an art historian Ljiljana Karadzic", says Stanišić.
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