Curatorial Narrative Jugoslavia Hitler’s Traffic Jam, created in the anonymous tradition of propaganda art, exists outside of traditional notions of artistic authorship. Its precise date of creation is unknown, but its modernist sensibilities and industrial aesthetic suggest a late 20th-century origin. The absence of brushwork lends an air of mechanization to the image, underscoring the propagandistic intent that drove its creation. The palette’s stark reds, blacks, and whites establish a chromatic structure that is at once jarring and mesmerizing. The inclusion of green serves as a deliberate counterpoint to the dominant hues, introducing an element of dissonance that echoes the turmoil of war-torn Yugoslavia. When enlarged to 44×56 inches, the spatial depth of the seascape becomes even more pronounced, its atmospheric weight compressing the viewer’s gaze into the vortex of traffic. In this scale, the industrial design influences