Dragan Aleksić
Croatia (1901—1964)Aleksić was a central figure in the development of Yugoslav Dada, also known as Yugo-Dada. A poet, painter and filmmaker, he studied Slavic languages in Prague, where he came into contact with the Dada movement and developed his ideas on organic art. Through correspondence and personal contacts with leading Dadaists, he established himself within the international avant-garde and, after moving to Zagreb, founded a Dada group that became a focal point for the movement in Yugoslavia. He also contributed poems and the Dadaist manifesto Dadaism to Zenit, the leading avant-garde magazine in Yugoslavia, until his collaboration with Ljubomir Micić came to an end in 1922. That same year he edited and published Dada Tank and Dada Jazz, two single-issue Dada publications that became among the most distinctive manifestations of Yugo-Dada.
