Gallery 11/07/95
Established12 July 2012
LocationSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates43°52′N 18°25′E / 43.867°N 18.417°E / 43.867; 18.417
TypeArt gallery
Collection size10,000
DirectorTarik Samarah
CuratorAnela Hakalović
Websitegalerija110795.ba

The Gallery 11/07/95 is a memorial art gallery located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1][2] It is a public institution dedicated to preserving the memory of the Srebrenica genocide.[3] It was established on 12 July 2012 [4] by a team headed by Bosnian photographer Tarik Samarah in cooperation with the governments of the Sarajevo Canton and the Republic of Turkey.[5] The gallery is housed in an Austro-Hungarian building overlooking the Sacred Heart Cathedral.[6]

The gallery's showpiece is a permanent exhibition that provides documentary and archive material from the town of Srebrenica before, during and after the genocide. Through a wide range of multimedia content that includes photographic images, maps, audio and video material, the gallery offers documentary and artistic interpretations of the events that took place in the town during the month of July 1995.[7] It was a finalist for the European Museum of the Year Award in both 2016 and 2017.[8][9][10][11]

As stated by the gallery's management, its aim is "to be a strong and decisive voice against all forms of violence in the world. Srebrenica is a symbol – not only of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also of the suffering of innocent people and the indifference of others."[12] The concept of the project is "a museum-gallery hybrid", that blends artistic and documentary forms by using various audio-visual mediums.[13]

Apart from its permanent exhibition, the gallery also organizes numerous short-term exhibitions and has hosted works by various international artists, photographers and photojournalists such as Narciso Contreras, Ron Haviv, Luc Delahaye, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Michelangelo Pistoletto and others.[14][15][16]

References

  1. ↑ "Galerija 11/07/95". Sarajevo Travel.
  2. ↑ "Galerija 11/07/95 na prvom mjestu na turističkim sajtovima". klix.ba.
  3. ↑ "Otvorena Galerija Srebrenica 11 07 95". Al Jazeera Balkans.
  4. ↑ "Otvorena Galerija Srebrenica 11 07 95". Al Jazeera Balkans.
  5. ↑ "Memorijalna galerija 11/07/95". sarajevo.co.ba.
  6. ↑ "Izložba "Pozdrav iz Sarajeva 1993" u Galeriji 11/07/95". klix.ba.
  7. ↑ "Remembering Bosnia". srebrenica.org.uk.
  8. ↑ "Galerija 11/07/95 nominirana za nagradu Evropske muzejske akademije". vijesti.ba.
  9. ↑ "U 2017. / Galerija 11/07/95 nominirana je za nagradu Europske muzejske akademije". radiosarajevo.ba.
  10. ↑ "Memorijalna galerija 11/07/95 u finalu za nagradu Europski muzej godine". vecernji.ba.
  11. ↑ "Gallery 11/07/95 Nominated for the EMA Award". official website. 24 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "About". official website.
  13. ↑ "Places of memory: the 11/07/95 gallery". balcanicaucaso.org.
  14. ↑ "Sarajevo / Slavni umjetnik Michelangelo Pistoletto u posjeti Galeriji 11/07/95". radiosarajevo.ba.
  15. ↑ "Sarajevo, Galerija 11/07/95: Ron Haviv i Nedžiba Salihović, susret nakon 20 godina". frontslobode.ba.
  16. ↑ "Dobitnik Pulitzerove nagrade Narciso Contreras: Slike rata u Siriji podsjećaju na Sarajevo". klix.ba.
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