In the architecture and art of ex-Yugoslavia, the monuments to the victims of the People’s Liberation War stand out. Through their extraordinary artistic language, they remind us of the dignity of human life and death. They are powerful markers of the once-common state’s public open space. Their unique architectural and artistic design has placed them on a field of timelessness which is not constrained by geographic and cultural borders, age, race, or political views. They were built and designed by Yugoslav architects and sculptors of the highest profile, such as Bogdan Bogdanović, Edvard Ravnikar, Vojin Bakić, Dušan Džamonja and many others. Instead of the regime’s symbolism, their creations combined the present, the past, mystique, the elements of antique necropolises, ethnography and spatial poetics. In mid-march 2019, Gallery DESSA, ab-Architect’s Bulletin magazine and platform Architectuul began the preparations for the exhibition and publication named Architecture. Sculpture. Remembrance.; The Art of Monuments of Yugoslavia 1945–1991. On the basis of high architectural and artistic value of the structures and the exceptional contemplative qualities of the spatial designs, the curators selected 33 monuments and memorial complexes from all the republics and autonomous provinces of ex-Yugoslavia. This was no easy task as the said territory contains many more exceptional memorial creations. The exhibition was prepared in collaboration with experts: authors, photographers, and institutions from the ex-Yugoslav region and beyond, which has also laid the foundation for future co-operation. With the exhibition, we wish to present and evaluate the exceptional sculptural-ethnographic architecture of the Yugoslav monuments and memorial complexes. In addition to aesthetic and structural innovation, they are further enhanced by the unique, still-contemporary and advanced artistic language of their creators. We would also like to draw attention to their cultural and contemplative significance. We want to encourage the general public, the local population and those responsible to a mature and respectful assessment of the artistic, architectural and semantic value of these remarkable spatial sculptures, and thus for their maintenance and preservation. The monuments permanently mirror the past, life and death. And the dignity of memory.