History on the dissection table

Milorad Krstic – graphic designer and painter – has been working on Das Anatomische Theater: Simultaneous Games in the 20th Century for the last 15 years. The work (contains drawings, paintings, a book, a film)  is a subjective visual encyclopedia, a theatre of history and historical experience. As the artist says:

‘In this Anatomical Theatre of mine I have the 20th century placed on the dissection table; people, events and phenomena therefore wear no costumes or masks, even their skin is torn off, tissues are cut through, bones and muscles revealed, the nervous, blood and lymph systems are opened up for observing. The walls of the Theatre remind us of the walls of a biological lab surrounded by glass showcases filled with neatly arranged bottles in which, floating in a 40%-formaldehyde solution, the body parts of world history await their curious observer.’

Pictures from the series:

New York City, 1964, Lola Montanez watching the Twighlight Zone

Moscow, Mike Kowalski entered the nightclub ‘Thirsty Rasputin’

London, Royal Opera House, Roland Petit’s ballet ‘Paradise Lost’

Disguised Ruben Brant in MoMA, New York

Mimi and Lilla are eliminating two bounty hunters

Mimi windin’ her way down on Baker Street, London