The Federal Minister of Culture and Sports, Sanja Vlaisavljević, sent a letter of condolence on the occasion of the death of Aleksandar Saša Bukvić, the famous fine artist and initiator of the fine art group “Zvono”.

“It was with great sadness that I received the news of the passing of dear Saša, the artist and founder of the Zvono Group, whose work is considered to be pioneering in terms of conceptual art in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I thank him for all the significant projects that made progress on the art scene. On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports and on my personal behalf, I am expressing my deepest condolences to his family, colleagues and admirers of his work”.

Saša Bukvić was born in Šabac in 1949. He grew up in Sarajevo, where he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, he Department of Sculpture.

The artistic breakthrough of the “Zvono” Group, of which he was one of the founders, involved unconventional activities and going out into the public space, be it  exhibitions or performances that they did in football stadiums and on the banks of the rivers.

In parallel with the work in the Group, Saša Bukvić developed his own artistic expression and exhibited independently and with the Group at numerous exhibitions in Yugoslavia and beyond its bordes.

In recent years, he was running the “Zvono” Gallery and actively participated in the work of CKA Charlam.