Branislav Dimitrijević

Branislav Dimitrijević is a Professor of History and Theory of Art at the Department of Art and Design, BAPUSS Academy in Belgrade. His research focuses on art, cinema, and politics of socialist Yugoslavia, avant-garde movements, contemporary art practices, and exhibition histories. He has authored influential books such as Consumed Socialism: Culture, Consumerism and Social Imagination in Yugoslavia, 1950-1974 (2016) and Against Art: Goran Djordjević, 1979-1985 (2014). As a curator, he has organized major exhibitions including Good Life (2012) and No Network (2011), and represented Serbia/Yugoslavia at the Venice Biennale in 2003 and 2009. His recent work explores Robert Smithson’s 'earthworks' and the dialectic of 'site' and 'nonsite' in contemporary art.

His academic contributions span analyses of Yugoslav cultural policies, memorial sculpture, and post-socialist transitions. Key themes include the intersection of art with political ideologies, the role of performance and performativity in 1990s Serbia, and the legacy of socialist modernism. Dimitrijević’s interdisciplinary approach bridges art history, cinema studies, and critical theory, reflecting his commitment to understanding the socio-political dimensions of cultural production.

Notable exhibitions curated include interventions at the Time Machine Biennial in Konjic and collaborative projects with international institutions. His writing critiques the canonization of socialist monuments and examines the evolving discourse around cultural heritage. His lectures, such as Indeterminate Certainty, Determinate Uncertainty: Robert Smithson and the Geological Turn (2022), highlight his engagement with contemporary art's philosophical and environmental dimensions.