A punch in the eye Studio Oaza

Artists’ book A punch in the eye is a collection of unpublished letters from the 70s that Sanja Iveković had been sending to her friends in France. In the book all the letters have been translated into English, which creates additional textual layer, yet follows the composition of the text from the original collage letters that used the popular Yugoslav press. “These letters, which are not exactly letters, but rather objects of art, will evidently cause trouble to the postal service of every country they pass through… as examples of artistic labour, these fragments of correspondence will instantly embody the impropriety that art represents; as art is permanent rebellion…” B.Ćosić

Oaza, Zagreb

Nina Bačun, Roberta Bratović

Sanja Iveković

Oaza Books, edition a Book,

Bora Ćosić

Mima Simić (translation), Sveučilišna tiskara, Zagreb (print)

10/2021