On Witches (Is she just too old for this?)

The artist book "On Witches (Is she just too old for this?)" by Sanja Iveković is based on the artist's 2013 art project "Isn't She Too Old for That? (On Witches)", drawing on Silvia Federici’s feminist classic "Caliban and the Witch" (2004). Federici explores witch hunts of the early modern period, connecting them to the rise of capitalism and colonialism, while pointing out how this topic is often overlooked in traditional Marxist discussions of primitive accumulation.

Through a series of collages, Iveković bridges past and present, posing the question - who are the “witches” of today. She places particular emphasis on the link between society's imagination of witches and ideas associated with old age, investigating how women who don’t fit conventional standards of youth and beauty are perceived. The collages in this book challenge us to rethink how society thinks of women and their power at different life stages.

In addition to the visual work, the book includes tributes to some of Croatia’s most prominent feminists, such as Slavenka Drakulić, Rada Iveković, Vesna Kesić, Jelena Lovrić and Dubravka Ugrešić.