Erik Vellmar: MOJA BAKA JE ODLIČNO PRIČALA VICEVE / MY GRANDMA WAS EXCELLENT AT TELLING JOKES

When it comes to this photograph, it is very true that a picture is worth a thousand words.

Right away, even if we are not familiar with the title, we can tell that this artwork was inspired by an elderly person. Notice how the dominant element, which takes up the central space in the composition (the chili pepper), symbolizes the old, wrinkled skin by its texture.

We also discover that the chili pepper has, in spite of everything, retained its bold colors - which tells us that the person that this artwork is referring to has also succeeded in retaining her youthful spirit.

Furthermore, the pepper is curved - which clearly indicates that we are dealing with a rebellious person which does not conform to the rules of society.

And finally - the fact that it is a chili pepper - reveals that we are to find inside the portrayed subject is a very focused and strong intellect which is able to (due to its rich life experience and lively spirit) easily define and approach all of the possible life situations in an appropriate way.

A grand portraiture with the use of minimalistic style.

Applause!

Za ovu sliku doista vrijedi pravilo da govori više od tisuću riječi. 

Odmah, čak i ako nam njen naziv i nije poznat, mi znamo da je ovo djelo inspirirala starija osoba. Opažamo kako dominantni element, koji zauzima centralno mjesto u kompoziciji (papričica), svojom teksturom savršeno podražava izgled stare, smežurane kože. 

Otkrivamo i da je papričica, uprkos svemu, zadržala svoje žive boje – što nam govori da je pomenuta osoba također uspjela očuvati svoj svježi, mladalački duh.
Nadalje, papričica je zakrivljena – što poručuje da imamo posla sa buntovnom osobom - za koju pravila ne važe.

I na poslijetku – to je ljuta papričica – što će reći da je unutar portretiranog subjekta koncentriran jak intelekt koji može, zahvaljujući njegovu životnu iskustvu i bistru duhu, jako lako definirati i prići na pravi način svim životnim situacijama.

Majstorsko portretiranje u minimalističkom stilu.

Aplauz!

Galina Ivanov: REMINISCENCIJA / REMINISSENCE

This artwork demands an in-depth study of itself. The artist is trying to mislead us - by offering us, at first glance, a sappy emotional story.
However, 'Reminissence' is everything but - it tell the story of enslavement caused by inescapable attraction. The addiction (in this case, I personally believe it is the addiction to narcotics) is powerfully incarnated in the given symbols. Magnetically seductive and ominous it (the addiction) is in conflict with symbolically represented author that yields to it, although she knows it is the path to annihilation.
Thanks the schizoid atmosphere of this artwork, we can literally HEAR the outcry of her lost, abused soul begging for help.
In short - this is an extraordinary depiction of the fall and self-destruction and the inability of the natus to resist it...

Ovaj rad zahtijeva studiozan pristup. Umjetnica želi da nas zavara - nudeći nam, na prvi pogled, sladunjavu priču.

A "Reminiscencija" može biti sve ali samo ne to - ona pripovijeda o ropstvu izazvanom neodoljivom privlačnošću. Ovisnost (intimno, smatram da je ovdje u pitanju ovisnost o narkoticima) je ovdje tako moćno otjelovljena.

Magnetski privlačna i zlokobna ona (ovisnost) je suprotstavljena simbolički predstavljenoj autorici koji pristaje na nju - iako zna da je to put uništenja.

Zahvaljujući šizofernoj atmosferi, ovdje naprosto možemo ČUTI urlik njezine izgubljene, zlostavljane duše koja poziva u pomoć.

Ukratko - ovo je izuzetan prikaz pada i destrukcije i nemogućnosti natusa da se tomu odupre...

Tamara Jakovljević: Ako nisi s nama, onda si protiv nas / If you're not with us, you're against us

Tamara Jakovljević: Ako nisi s nama, onda si protiv nas / If you're not with us, you're against us

Tamara, tvoj rad je jako slojevit - paznju posmatraca naprosto zakiva za ovdje vjesto prikazane turobne osjecaje patnje izazvane neprihvacanjem drustvenih konvencija od stane pojedinca. To je prikaz drustva koje odbacuje one koji su drugaciji, koji se ne uklapaju u njegove standarde...zbog cega se javlja moranje...prisila...kompleks...zelja da se udovolji...zbog cega se i javlja oponasanje (jaje zaogrnuto ljuskom luka) u zelji da se ostvari PRIPADANJE.

Tako jednostavno i ujedno snazno prikazan potisnuti osjecaj gnjeva koji kljuca i svakog trena prijeti eksplozijom revolucije. 

Velicanstveno!! 

Tamara, your work is indeed very multi-layered - the viewer's attention is simply chained to skilfully portrayed gloomy feelings of suffering caused by individual's lack of acceptance of social conventions. This is an exposé of a society which rejects anyone who is different, who doesn't fit in with its standards...which leads to compulsion...forcing...complexes...the will to please...which leads to imitation (egg coated in onion peel) out of desire to experience BELONGING.

Such a simple yet powerful depiction of a supressed rage that keeps pecking from the iside of a shell and threatens with the explosion of a revolution. Magnificent!

Katarina Czabo-Jones: EAT THE GREENS / JEDI ZELENO

"While I was growing up, my mother would tell me over and over again 'Jedi zeleno ('eat the greens')', while I, as many other children, was reluctant to do it...
Now, as an adult, I see that my daily life has become a constant struggle to put the food on the table, and I have developed a new appreciation for the greens, especially the ones not polluted by GMO and pesticides, that end up being more poison than food. My photography project in the making represents desperate grasping for nutrition, wealth, money, and everything that 'green' represents.


Dok sam odrastala, majka mi je stalno ponavljala 'jedi zeleno', dok sam ja, kao i većina djece, to uglavnom odbijala...
Sada, kada sam odrasla, vidim kako se život pretvorio u svakodnevnu borbu za stavljanjem hrane na sto, i razvila sam novo poštovanje prema zelenju, naročito onome nezagađenome GMO-om i pesticidima, što je više otrov nego hrana. Moj fotografski projekat u nastajanju predstavlja očajno i gladno posezanje za zdravom prehranom, obiljem, novcem, i svemu što 'zeleno' predstavlja.

Ovdje mi se svidja jasnoća izraza i tako dobro prikazan akt POSEZANJA, uzurpiranja....penetracije - kao općeprihvaćeni standard u našemu društvu otimačine, gdje više nista nije sveto - pa ni hrana koja u marketinškoj trci postaje samo sredstvo izmuzanja gladne svjetine.

Erozija morala. U srž pogodjena prostitucija vrijednosti.

What I like here is the clarity of expression and excellently depicted act of REACHING, usurping...penetration - as an universally accepted standard in our society of violent taking, where nothing is sacred anymore - not even the food, which has, in a marketing competition, become a mere tool for extortion of the hungry crowd.

Erosion of morality. Prostitution of values shown in its core.