Here, twenty images of artworks and related materials by the Slovene group OHO from the MoMA Archives have been digitized and made accessible to you. They accompany a multi-part essay on OHO Group by scholar Ksenya Gurshtein. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. This essay is complemented by the first English translation of the 1969 interview between OHO Group members Milenko Matanović and Tomaž Šalamun. Read the interview here.
Digital images copyright The Museum of Modern Art. Photos courtesy Imaging and Visual Resources Department, MoMA.
OHO Group, David Nez. Summer Projects, Mirrors, 1969. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2″ (14 x 8.9 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, David Nez. Summer Projects, Mirrors, 1969. Gelatin silver print 7 1/16 x 9 3/8″ (17.9 x 23.8 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO Group, Milenko Matanović. Summer Projects, Untitled (Waves), 1969. Gelatin silver print, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2″ (8.9 x 14 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO Group, Milenko Matanović. Summer Projects, Untitled (Paper Path), 1969. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2″ (14 x 8.9 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO Group, David Nez. Untitled, 1969. Gelatin silver print, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2″ (8.9 x 14 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Milenko Matanović. Summer Projects, Wheat and Rope, 1969. Gelatin silver print 5 1/2 x 3 1/2″ (14 x 8.9 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO and Walter de Maria, August 1970. Gelatin silver print, 7 1/8 x 9 3/8″ (18.1 x 23.8 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, Research, IV.63.a., The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO and Walter de Maria, August 1970. Gelatin silver print, 7 1/8 x 9 3/8″ (18.1 x 23.8 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, Research, IV.63.a., The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Marko Pogačnik. Untitled (Water-Water Dynamic), 1969. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2″ (14 x 8.9 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO Group, Marko Pogačnik. Untitled (Water-Water Dynamic), 1969. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2″ (14 x 8.9 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO Group, Marko Pogačnik. Project OHO, 1970. Thermo-fax, 11 x 8 1/2″ (27.9 x 21.6 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.d. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Milenko Matanović. Intercontinental Group Project America – Europe, 1970. Thermo-fax, 11 x 8 1/2″ (27.9 x 21.6 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.b. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Milenko Matanović. Intercontinental Group Project America – Europe, 1970. Thermo-fax, 11 x 8 1/2″ (27.9 x 21.6 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.b. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group. Locations of recent OHO projects, May 1970. Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.g. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Marko Pogačnik. Project OHO, 1970. Thermo-fax, 11 x 8 1/2″ (27.9 x 21.6 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.d. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Andraž Šalamun. Flaming Arrows/Night Communication (Night, Bow and Flaming Arrows), 1970. Film positive. Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Andraž Šalamun. Flaming Arrows/Night Communication (Night, Bow and Flaming Arrows), 1970. Film negative. Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO Group, David Nez. Summer Projects, Mirrors, 1969. Gelatin silver print 7 1/16 x 9 3/8″ (17.9 x 23.8 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO Group, Milenko Matanović. Summer Projects, Untitled (Waves), 1969. Gelatin silver print, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2″ (8.9 x 14 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO Group, Milenko Matanović. Summer Projects, Untitled (Paper Path), 1969. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2″ (14 x 8.9 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO Group, David Nez. Untitled, 1969. Gelatin silver print, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2″ (8.9 x 14 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Milenko Matanović. Summer Projects, Wheat and Rope, 1969. Gelatin silver print 5 1/2 x 3 1/2″ (14 x 8.9 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO and Walter de Maria, August 1970. Gelatin silver print, 7 1/8 x 9 3/8″ (18.1 x 23.8 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, Research, IV.63.a., The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO and Walter de Maria, August 1970. Gelatin silver print, 7 1/8 x 9 3/8″ (18.1 x 23.8 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, Research, IV.63.a., The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Marko Pogačnik. Untitled (Water-Water Dynamic), 1969. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2″ (14 x 8.9 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO Group, Marko Pogačnik. Untitled (Water-Water Dynamic), 1969. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2″ (14 x 8.9 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
OHO Group, Marko Pogačnik. Project OHO, 1970. Thermo-fax, 11 x 8 1/2″ (27.9 x 21.6 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.d. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Milenko Matanović. Intercontinental Group Project America – Europe, 1970. Thermo-fax, 11 x 8 1/2″ (27.9 x 21.6 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.b. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Milenko Matanović. Intercontinental Group Project America – Europe, 1970. Thermo-fax, 11 x 8 1/2″ (27.9 x 21.6 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.b. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group. Locations of recent OHO projects, May 1970. Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.g. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Marko Pogačnik. Project OHO, 1970. Thermo-fax, 11 x 8 1/2″ (27.9 x 21.6 cm). Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.d. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Andraž Šalamun. Flaming Arrows/Night Communication (Night, Bow and Flaming Arrows), 1970. Film positive. Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New YorkOHO Group, Andraž Šalamun. Flaming Arrows/Night Communication (Night, Bow and Flaming Arrows), 1970. Film negative. Kynaston McShine Information Exhibition Research, IV.63.a. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
Translated from Serbo-Croatian into English here for the first, this interview was published in the 1969 catalog of the exhibition Milenko Matanović, David Nez, Andraž Šalamun, Tomaž Šalamun that took place at the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Zagreb.
Consulting the MoMA Archives, this essay highlights and expands upon connections between the Slovene conceptual artists OHO Group and one of the Museum’s most well-known exhibitions.
Consulting the MoMA Archives, this essay highlights and expands upon connections between the Slovene conceptual artists OHO Group and one of the Museum’s most well-known exhibitions.
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