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Serbian artist Darko Maver found dead
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At the end of the 90's the situation in Kosovo, already intolerable, breaks out with the intervention of NATO troops in the Balkans: the time is suitable to kill Darko Maver. As any authentic artist, Maver must "live fast and die young": on May the 15th, press agencies receive and spread a shocking release: "The Serbian artist Darko Maver has died in the Podgorica prison". Together with the announcement of Maver's death comes the image that will soon go down in history: the only evidence of Darko Maver's tragic death in the Podgorica prison. The photo, taken in a garret in the centre of Bologna, is banal enough to be believed as true. The image of the corpse spread rapidly on the Internet and through the press. The articles illustrate how Darko Maver, his works and history, can be read as a critique to the reality of media and the exploitation of images of victims of war. |
