Oto Logo Explained

Oto Logo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ото Лого; 15 August 1931 – 4 January 2016) was Serbian sculptor and painter.

Biography

He was born 15 August 1931[1] in Belgrade. He finished high school in Subotica, and then he graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade, in the sculpture department.[2] He was a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia, better known as ULUS - from 1955[3] to 2007 when he retired.[4]

He died in Belgrade on 4 January 2016 at age 85.[5] He was buried in Alley of the Greats of the Belgrade New Cemetery.

Exhibitions

He has exhibited at a large number of collective exhibitions in the country and abroad. He has organized solo exhibitions in the following cities:Belgrade, Paris, Venice, Skopje, Sarajevo, Liège, Brussels, Niš, Zürich, Mannheim, New York, London, Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Arandjelovac, Novi Sad, Struga, Ohrid, Zemun, Mionica.[3]

He independently exhibited sculpture and graphics in Belgrade in 1957, 1959 and 1962. He has exhibited at exhibitions:

After a long break, Otto Logo exhibited his nine exhibits at the group exhibition "Fashion Avenue Art", in the Audi salon, in Belgrade, on May 27, 2008.[7] [8] He also exhibited in the "Gallery '73" in a group exhibition entitled "Chronicle of Art Sremčica", from August 26 to September 4, 2008.[9]

Works

Otto Logo is the author of a large number of sculptures, busts and monuments.

In Memorial Museum "21 October "Kragujevac" are two sculptures made of galvanized sheet metal, one opposite the other, by Otto Log: "Penetration to the East", an eagle sculpture symbolizing the German military force at the beginning of the war and "Death of a Mastodon", a sculpture representing a bird that turns into a shapeless mass of metal. thus symbolizing the collapse of the Fascist movement.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Happened on this day . November 18, 2014 . Forum „Na ćošku“ . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129112335/http://sibilarea.com/cosak/index.php?topic=336.0 . 29 November 2014 . dead.
  2. Web site: Spomenik "Prozivka" . 18 November 2014 . Tourist cluster Subotica-Palić . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129024959/http://www.klaster.palicinfo.com/spomenik-na-trgu-zrtava-fasizama/ . 29 November 2014 . dead.
  3. Web site: Logo Oto . 18 November 2014 . Skulpture-Srbija . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129053630/http://www.skulpture-srbija.com/logo-oto-156/ . November 29, 2014 . dead.
  4. Web site: List of winners of national pensions . 18 November 2014 . Penzionerski servis . 29 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129175438/http://www.penzionerskiservis.rs/blog/list-of-national-pension-winners/ . dead.
  5. http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/125/Dru%C5%A1tvo/2164052/Preminuo+vajar+Oto+Logo.html/ Preminuo vajar Oto Logo
  6. http://www.grafickikolektiv.org/html/pdf/Grafika%20beogradskog%20kruga%201964.pdf Catalog "Grafika beogradskog kruga 1964"
  7. Web site: Deset srpskih umetnika XX veka . 18 November 2014 . Kuda za vikend . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129042731/http://www.kudazavikend.com/70-Na%20izlo%C5%BEbi/1236-Deset%20srpskih%20umetnika%20XX%20veka/ . 29 November 2014 . dead.
  8. Web site: Deset srpskih umetnika u Audijevom salonu . 19 November 2014 . Glas javnosti.
  9. Web site: Hronika likovne Sremčice . 18 November 2014 . Galerija „Trag“.
  10. Web site: Jovan Cvijić: život i dela . sr:Јован Цвијић: живот и дела . sr . 18 November 2014 . Serbian info.
  11. Web site: Memorial Museum 21. October . 18 November 2014 . Kragujevac City Tourist Organization.
  12. Web site: Red Duke Misic . 18 November 2014 . NIN.