Presentation of the Legacy of Professor Zoran Gavrić

Professor Zoran Gavrić (1949-2020), was an art historian and theoretician, curator and director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, art interpreter and university professor of art history and aesthetics.

He left behind an entire library of translations and interpretations of the most prestigious teachings of classical and contemporary art science, as well as its affirmative application, both in museum practice and in the academic education of artists. The book and its organon library are the first things we think of when we think of Zoran Gavrić. Hence, the initiative of his wife Gordana and daughter Sofija, to donate to the National Museum Kraljevo a part of the library of this excellent intellectual, which mainly refers to contemporary art, as a kind of legacy, depicts his inner world in the best way and speaks about him more than the texts that he wrote dedicated. The legacy includes a total of 627 books, of which 528 are monographs and 99 are serial publications. In addition, 20 VHS cassettes were left, original editions of films about important world artists, which Professor Gavrić used in his work with students. This resource has been digitized in its entirety.

Through his family ties, through his wife Gordana Gavrić, Zoran, born in Valjevo, was tied to Kraljevo, which turned out to be his last destination: he was buried in the old Kraljevo cemetery. Legacy of Zoran Gavrić bequest to the National Museum Kraljevo bequeaths to this city the preservation of the memory of an exceptional personality of our national culture, but at the same time it actively influences researchers, above all of contemporary art, to continue working in the intellectual field of Professor Gavrić, through a lively relationship and use of this resource.

Dragan Bulatović, artist Saša Pančić and donor Gordana Gavrić will participate in the presentation.