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Jedan od najznačajnijih jugoslovenskih vajara koji je ceo svoj stvaralački opus od preko stotinu postavljenih skulptura i spomen obeležja, posvetio borbi za mir i humanizaciju života na ovoj planeti. Soldatović je sad već davnih pedesetih godina bio jedan od pionira u pretvaranju Petrovaradinske tvrđave iz fortifikacijskog objekta u bastion kulture i umetnosti, koji je zahvaljujući umetnicima koji su na njoj stvarali poslednjih decenija to i bio. Uvek angažovan i čovek koji je uvek reagovao na društvena dešavanja u svetu, u godini prava čoveka 1968. god. pod pokroviteljstvom Ujedinjenih nacija i tadašnjeg generalnog sekretara U Tanta, u prilog povelji Ujedinjenih nacija u borbi za prava svih naroda i pojedinaca, velikom izložbom na Petrovaradinskoj tvrđavi, na kojoj je dominirala skulptura (figura sa mrtvim detetom - visine 10 m) Soldatović je osudio zločin atomske kataklizme u Hirošimi i Nagasakiju.
1972. god. preplavio je tvrđavu skulpturama ljudskih lobanja u umetničkoj akciji i opomeni »Dođe li rat, odoše ljudi«. Sva nastojanja ovog izuzetno plodnog i angažovanog umetnika da se mračni delovi istorije preobraze u opšti ljudski humanizam, ovih dana demantovana su najstrašnijim razaranjima superiorne ratne tehnologije. Reagujući na ovu opštu tragediju Soldatović je na ruinama starog petrovaradinskog mosta ponovo postavio svoje skulpture sa apelom na ljudski razum i savest, da se rat odmah prekine. Iako odvojen od svog ateljea na drugoj strani Dunava Soldatović ovim umetničkim činom poručuje da ljudski duh i humana težnja premošćuje sve reke koje nas dele i da čovečanstvo može da opstane samo u miru. |
One of the most important Yugoslav sculptors who dedicated his whole creative range, consisting of over a hundred sculptures and memorial monuments all placed in the outside world, to fighting for peace and making life on this planet more humane. Soldatović was already in the late fifties one of the pinoneers in transforming Petrovaradin fortress from old military fortification into the centre of culture and arts, which has truly become that thanks to various artists who have been creating there in the last few decades.
Always committed, a man who always reacted to social events in the world, in the year of human rights 1968. under the patronage of United Nations and of that time Secretary General U Tant, supporting the UN Declaration and fighting for rights for all peoples and individuals, Soldatović condemned the crime of the nuclear cataclysm in Hiroshima and Nagasaki by organising a major exhibition at Petrovaradin fortress dominated by the sculpture entitled Figure with a Dead Child, 10 metres high. In the year of 1972. he overfilled the Petrovaradin fortress with sculptures representing human skulls in the art action "If the war breaks out, people will vanish", action meant to warn and remind. All efforts of this extremely productive and socially aware artist to transform historical periods full of darkness to those filled with humanity, are nowadays torn down by horrifying destruction of superior war technology. In his reaction to the tragedy, Soldatovic has set up his sculptures on ruins of old Petrovaradin bridge, appealing to human sense and consciousness to stop the war immediately. Even he is unable to access his art studio situated on the other bank of Danube river, Soldatovic wishes to communicate with this act of art that the spirit and aspiration to humanity can bridge all rivers dividing us and that human society can subsist only in peace. |
