Maria Maretti: TRADICIJA / TRADITION

A very simple and effective depiction of the conflict between tradition and modern understanding.
The fabric of tradition is ripped here by the explosive breakthrough of the new ideas. They are crowding in front of the newly made 'entrance' to the red, traditional zone of the rules, authorities and unconditional obedience which are FORBIDDEN to question.
The artist has 'captured' the moment of astonished confrontation: 'window' into the new and progressive has been opened while she is watching it in amazement from the perspective of tradition.
We can strongly sense her bafflement with the size and meaning of the newly discovered world which had been hidden for so long behind various bans that she was not even aware of.
This is a question directed at our limitations, blind faith in learned patterns and rules of behaviour and our lack of consciousness about the actual state of our being...



Veoma jednostavan i efektan prikaz sukoba tradicije i suvremenih shvatanja.

Tkivo tradicije ovdje je načeto eksplozivnim prodorom novih ideja. One su natiskane pred novonastalim “ulazom” u crvenu tradicionalnu zonu pravila, autoriteta i bespogovorne poslušnosti koje je ZABRANJENO preispitivati.

Umjetnica je “uhvatila” trenutak začuđenog suočavanja:

“prozor” u novo i progresivno otvoren je dok ga ona zainteresirano  promatra iz prespektive  tradicije.  Snažno osjećamo njezino čuđenje veličinom i značenjem novootkrivenoga svijeta koji je bio tako dugo skriven “iza zabrana”, a kojih nije bila svjesna.  

Ovo je pitanje o našim ograničenjima, slijepom vjerovanju u naučene obrasce i pravila ponašanja i naše nesvijesti o stvarnom stanju  vlastitoga bića…

Sanela Majstorović: KIŠNO JUTRO / RAINY MORNING

I usually do not give negative reviews - but this time I have to make an exception.

What sort of a title is 'Rainy Morning'?! The point has been completely missed here!

And if the artwork itself wasn't extremely attention-worthy, I would have refrained from commenting, but this piece is a genuine PEARL which simply demands for the correction of the injustice done to it by the clumsy choice of title.

Obviously, what is represented here is a love affair between a man and a woman. We can easily recognize the ebbing passion and the escalation of the relationship in which one of the partners demands, blackmails, manipulates and threatens the other one, and uses his obsession to suffocate the other's freedom.

This is an intense, neurotic relationship based on the sexual attraction, painted with a surgical precision with a large dose of fear and passion - which testifies about the sincerity of the author who, obviously, tells the story from a personal experience.

My suggestion for the title: Time of Anguish

Also, this artwork reminds me of a lithograph by Joan Miró (shown below) which, under its inconspicuous title ('Green') hides the defeat and humiliating surrender of one side in the end of such a toxic relationship.

Poglavito ne dajem negativne kritike – ali ovoga puta pravim iznimku.

Kakav je to naziv “Kišno jutro”? Pa tu je potpuno promašena poanta!

I da samo djelo nije vrijedno pažnje ne bih se ni ja pačao u to, međutim ovo je BISER koji zahtijeva da se ispravi nanešena mu nepravda izazvana nezgrapnim odabirom naslova.

Ovdje je, naravno,riječ o ljubavnoj vezi između muškarca i žene. 

Prepoznajemo narastajuću strast i razvoj odnosa u kojem jedan zahtijeva, ucjenjuje, manipulira i prijeti, te svojom  opsesijom guši slobodu onog drugog. 

To je intenzivan, neurotičan odnos zasnovan na seksualnoj privlačnosti, oslikan hirurskom preciznošću uz veliku dozu straha i strasti - što nam samo svjedoči o iskrenosti autora koji, očito, pripovijeda iz ličnog iskustva.

Prijedlog naslova: Doba strijepnje

Također, ovaj rad me podsjetio na niže prikazanu litografiju Joana Miróa, koja iza neutralnog naslova ('Green') skriva prikaz poražavajuće predaje jedne strane na kraju takve toksične veze.

Joan Miró, 'Green'