• Ivan Grubanov Unnation
  • Ivan Grubanov Unnation
  • Ivan Grubanov Unnation
  • Ivan Grubanov Unnation
  • Ivan Grubanov Unnation

Ivan Grubanov Unnation

"Unnation" is a 17th century term that hasn’t been in use for over a hundred years. However, its meaning is crucial for understanding the depth of contemporary social and political turmoil, especially the recent "migrant crises" in Europe. Ivan Grubanov, a painter and philosopher, with the aid of a political scientist, Peter Vermeersch, embarks on seeking new references for an ancient term that incorporates two of his own troubling experiences: the civil war in his native former Yugoslavia and more recently a few years spent there with illegal migrants on their passage to Europe. Grubanov defines the migrants as being unnationed and establishes his definition through a network of vivid descriptions of encounters with them, but also through philosophical speculation and his own paintings. Grubanov seeks for more than to re-establish an ancient term, he seeks for the ways of painterly practice to be the method of defining social phenomena.
Ivan Grubanov’s (b. 1976 in Belgrade) work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibtions, e. g. the Serbian Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennial. Peter Vermeersch (b. 1972) is a professor of social science and politics and a writer of literary non-fiction.

Hardcover 24,2 x 30,4 cm 128 pages 56 color and b/w illustrations English Available ISBN 978-3-86828-756-1 2016

Artist:

Ivan Grubanov

Editor:

Peter Vermeersch

Texts:

Peter Vermeersch, Ivan Grubanov

Design:

Zeljko Rajacic / Studio Arhe

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