Ilija Šoškić (
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: Илија Шошкић; born 1935) is
Montenegrin-
Yugoslavian-
Italian visual artist and
art theorist
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. He was one of the pioneers of the new art forms in Yugoslavia in the 1960s. His art belongs to the
conceptual tradition and covers
performance art,
video and
installation art. Before turning to art, Šoškić was an athlete. He is the Montenegro record holder in
hammer throw set in 1962.
Biography
Ilija Šoškić was born in 1935 in
Dečani,
Kingdom of Yugoslavia and was raised in Montenegro. He graduated from the High School of Art in
Herceg Novi. Before turning to art, Šoškić was an athlete. He is the Montenegro record holder in
hammer throw with 57.89m throw set on 25 June 1962.
He studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts in
Belgrade
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(capital of Yugoslavia), where he took part in the
1968 student demonstrations. Because of this and his
radical leftist ideas, Šoškić was in conflict with the Yugoslavian communist authorities, so he left Yugoslavia in 1969 and settled in
Bologna, Italy. In 1972, he moved to
Rome where he has lived ever since.
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People from Deçan
Montenegrin artists
1935 births
Yugoslav artists
Performance artists
Installation artists
Video artists
Yugoslav male hammer throwers
Living people