Friso Keuris
Tito
An island, a few houses, a war tribunal and numbered archive photos. What is the connection? This project is about a country that was once called Yugoslavia and was ruled by a charismatic leader, Josip Broz 'Tito'. From the 1950s, Tito spent his summers in Brijuni, a small archipelago off the west coast of the Istrian region of Croatia. This former summer residence embodies the beginning and end of the Yugoslav dream, in which Tito firmly believed. His private homes, which are still kept in order on a daily basis, are strictly off limits to the public. With the help of a Russian researcher, months of patience and the eventual permission of the Croatian prime minister he was able to gain access to this unique place.
Works available
Tito Fireplace and gift
€2.500 - rag paper - 2 mm dibond - 120x80 cm - aluminum suspension profile
From the exhibition at the Comeniusmuseum, Naarden Photofestival 2018
Fireplace with gift. Fomer summer residence of Tito, Brijuni, Croatia.
Tito Dressing room
€2500 - rag paper - 2 mm dibond - 80x100 cm - aluminum suspension profile
From the exhibition at the Comeniusmuseum, Naarden Photofestival 2018
Dressing room in the preserved fomer summer residence of Tito, Brijuni, Croatia.
Tito Bordes
€2.500 - rag paper - 2 mm dibond - 120x80 cm - aluminum suspension profile
From the exhibition at the Comeniusmuseum, Naarden Photofestival 2018
Terrace of the fomer summer residence of Tito, Brijuni, Croatia.
Tito Mausoleum
€1.250 - rag paper - 2 mm dibond - 55x37 cm - aluminum suspension profile
From the exhibition at the Comeniusmuseum, Naarden Photofestival 2018
Masoleum for horse Mali and sheepdog Tigar, in the garden of the preserved fomer summer residence of Tito, Brijuni, Croatia.
Tito Tito Eve/Shame
€2.500 - rag paper - 2 mm dibond - 120x80 cm - aluminum suspension profile
From the exhibition at the Comeniusmuseum, Naarden Photofestival 2018
Closed curtains and statuette ‘Eve/Shame’ at the preserved fomer summer residence of Tito, Brijuni, Croatia.
In addition to exterior and interior photographs of his summer residence taken in 2016, Friso Keuris' book 'Tito' also includes images from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, which tried war crimes committed during the civil war from 1991 to 2000. The Dutch photographer documented the staff, which includes prosecutors, judges, clerks, security personnel, translators, lawyers, journalists and the interiors of the Tribunal between 2001 and 2017. In 2016, he received permission to shoot the idyllic and utopian world of Brijuni.
A story of the destruction of the empire Tito built, with a devastating war as its last act. The summer residence embodies the beginning and the end of the Yugoslav dream, in which Tito firmly believed.
Tito, Comeniusmuseum, Naarden Photofestival 2018
Photobook Tito by Friso Keuris, design Teun van der Heijden, publisher Kehrer Verlag 2022
Tito, Comeniusmuseum, Naarden Photofestival 2018
Tito, Comeniusmuseum, Naarden Photofestival 2018