ABSTRACT
Josip Broz Tito, Marshal of Yugoslavia from 1943 until his death, viewed Western art as “decadent.” He elaborated this view particularly strongly in a speech given at the Seventh Congress of the People's Youth of Yugoslavia in Belgrade on January 23, 1963, where he delivered a forceful attack on modern art in general and abstract art in particular. In this chapter, the author could cite several examples of the destructive influence of such intellectuals whose work, allegedly, can be understood by no one but themselves, and who dismiss all those who fail to understand their work as backward and ignorant. From the artistic point of view, there are significant works in modernism, sometimes with lasting value or at least decorative value, but there are still others which have no artistic value whatsoever. And it is precisely these worthless pieces of art that are so prominently featured in our exhibitions, and which are imposed upon various institutions at great expense.
