Putting Up resistance? / Ustanovitev odpora?

For decades, a bronze torchbearer stood in the basement of the Slovenian Cultural Association of Radsberg/Radiše in Carinthia/Koroška. Croatian artist Marijan Matijević (1907–1971) created the figure in the late 1940s, along with two other monuments, in memory of the partisan resistance in Carinthia/Koroška. This resistance - the largest in the former German Reich - was largely suppressed in Austria after 1945, and the statue was never erected.

After nearly 80 years in a basement, the figure is now being presented to the public for the first time as part of an exhibition. The exhibition tells the story of the sculpture and, at the same time, opens up a space for engaging with the culture of remembrance: What does the history of the sculpture reveal about the history of the resistance? What does it mean today to commemorate the resistance and honor the partisans? How do societies find contemporary forms of remembrance?

Project lead and artistic-educational practice: Isabella Burtscher and Jakob Holzer

Artists: Nicole Six and Paul Petritsch

Programmend by Gabriele Mackert

An exhibition by Zveza koroških partizanov / Association of Carinthian Partisans in cooperation with Muzej / Museum Peršman, kärnten.museum, section a