(ANSA) - VENICE - Belgrade-born artist Ivan Grubanov will represent the Republic of Serbia at the 56th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Grubanov is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia and by the Foundation of the Museum of Contemporary Arts, Belgrade. Along with the commissioner and curator Ljdija Merenik, he will present an art installation titled ''United Dead Nations'' at the Serbian pavilion in the Giardini of the Venice Biennale. The installation explores the themes of collective memory and nation. Its ''topos'' is represented by the former Yugoslav pavilion, today Serbia's pavilion, seen in a historical perspective that takes into account the political turmoil and the 'fractures' occurred in the Yugoslav territory since 1938, the year the pavilion's was inaugurated, until today. The installation, covering the entire exhibition area, will be composed of a multitude of flags belonging to national states that have have vanished from the map during the 120 years of the Venice Biennale: the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918) , the Ottoman Empire (1299-1922), the Great Colombia (1819-1930), Tibet (1913-1951), the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), South Vietnam (1955-1975), the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990), the Soviet Union (1922-1991), Czechoslovakia (1918-1992) and Yugoslavia (1918-2003).(ANSA).