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Friday, June 29, 2012

Lola B. Wolf: POTRAGA ZA ODGOVORIMA / SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS


Cynicism - that is the first thing that strikes us when looking at this artwork - the author portrays her strong need to defend herself from th echallenges of life, which has its roots in deep, subconscious fears.
The author is represented metaphorically - embodied in the form of a fork with sharp dents, which brilliantly depicts her aforementioned character trait: ability to reject and destroy each and every opportunity in life out of fear, before even attempting to live it fully.

What we see here is a lonely island in an ocean of life's opportunities, which, like amorphous bubbles (the bubbles represent unrealistic illusions) float all around it.

The sharp fork can pierce the bubbles, and that is, in fact, all that it knows how to do - she cannot go against her own nature, just like the author herself is unable to fight against the self-destructive needs trapped inside of her...as much as she is trapped inside of them as well...


Ciničnost – to je ono prvo što primjećujemo u djelu – autor portretira svoju snažnu potrebu da se obrani od životnih izazova, koja svoj korijen ima u dubokim, podsvjesnim  strahovima.
Ovdje je umjetnik prikazan metaforično – utjelovljen je u  formi  viljuške oštrih vrhova, čime se sjajno dočarava njegova već  pomenuta osobina  – da svaku životnu priliku iz straha odbaci i uništi - i prije nego što pokuša da ju proživi.

Ovdje, on je usamljeni otok u moru životnih prilika koje poput nepravilnih balončića (baloni predstavljaju iluzije) lebde oko njega.

Viljuška  svojim oštrim vrhom može probosti mjehuriće iluzije, to u stvari jedino i zna - ona ne može protiv “svoje prirode”, kao što se ni sam autor ne može izboriti protiv autodestruktivnog nagona koji je zarobljen u njemu…
i on njime….




Monday, June 18, 2012

Saša Drenski: MOLITVA BOGU KAOSA / PRAYER TO THE GOD OF CHAOS


Duality of reality...

This is a depiction of the male and female principles, in their infinite play and mutual chase of one another, in the search and desire of understanding... The merging of the two (especially the sexual kind) is only secondary here - the author focuses more on the feelings based on tenderness, on the observation of the two opposites which do not understand each other, but feel each other instead.

Those two inadvertantly, due to their curiosity and ignorance, begin the cyclical course of events which bring about chaos, which, in time, transforms into an endless source of creative energy. Those are the two extremes that never truly get to know the real nature of the other side, nor the duality of reality in which they exist, and which is defined precisely by male/female principles.

Dualnost stvarnosti…

Ovo je prikaz  muškog i ženskog principa, u beskonačnoj igri  i natjeravanju, u potrazi i želji da se shvate… Spajanje, (posebice seksualno), ovdje je u drugom planu – autor se više zadržava na osjećaju baziranom na nježnosti, na posmatranju dviju krajnosti koje se ne shvaćaju, ali se osjećaju.

One nehotično, svojom radoznalošću i neznanjem započinju ciklični tijek događaja koji donose kaos što se vremenom transformira u nepresušni izvor stvaralačke energije. 
Dvije su to krajnosti koje nikada suštinski ne spoznaju pravu prirodu druge strane i dualnost stvarnosti u kojoj žive, a koja je u potpunosti definirana upravo muško-ženskim principima. 






Olga Lech -Troupova: NE! / NO!


The first thing we notice about this composition is that it strongly reminds us of a page of an unwritten book.
'NO!' ambiciously urges us to ponder the problems of language and communication - what is necessary in order to convey a message? How is the transfer of information influenced by its form, intensity, or colour?

'NO!' offers an abstract, minimalist, yet legible description of rage which whiters down to exhaustion and surrender.
Magnificent.


Primjećujemo da je kompozicija takva da nas djelo asocira na stranicu neispisane knjige.
“NE!” nas ambiciozno tjera na promišljanje o jeziku i komunikaciji  - šta je potrebno da bi se prenijela poruka? Kako na prijenos utječe njena  forma, intenzitet ili boja?

“NE!” kroz apstraktno, minimalistički i čitko opisuje bijes koji se pretvara u iznemoglost i predaju. 
Maestralno.



Lea Mimica: NIJEMI KRIK / SILENT OUTCRY


A precise dissection of a relationship in which one of the persons involved is the constant victim of the passive-aggressive behavior of the other. Notice how one of them is trying to reach the other, only to be left withot a response. The icy coldness of the one side, and complete despair of the other, are excellently conveyed by this image.
In addition, their unbreakable bonds (most likely, family ties) is also creatively represented by the tangled 'knitwork of life', made of prejudice as well as pride - which keeps them tied down, trapped and unable to find freedom from the vicious circle... 

Seciranje odnosa u kojemu  je jedna od dviju strana izložena konstantnom pasivno- agresivnom ponašanju onoga drugoga. Primjećujemo kako se jedno od njih pokušava obratiti drugome, pri čemu odgovor izostaje. Ledena hladnoća sa jedne i potpuni očaj sa druge strane ovdje su odlično prikazani. 
Uz to sve,  maštovito je oslikana i njihova neraskidiva (najvjerojatnije porodična) veza –  nerazmrsivo “pletivo zivota” satkano od predrasuda i ponosa – koje ih drži zarobljenima i bez mogućnosti pronalaženja izlaza iz začaranoga kruga...   



Stanislav Obradović: SEĆANJE NA RAĐANJE SVEMIRA / MEMORIES OF THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE


This intriguing piece of artwork very graphically tells the story of creation and development of a system which, although very close to us, remains misterious and unknowable to us. This is actually a story about our inner universe - its complexity and beauty - as well as its secrets which will stay forever out of our reach, and the answers to its questions will eternally be the objects of our desire and passionate inspiration...

Ovo  zanimljivo ostvarenje vrlo plastično nam pripovijeda o nastanku i uređenju jednog sistema koji nam jeste blizak, ali kojega istodobno uopće ne poznajemo.  
To je priča o našem unutarnjem svijetu - njegovoj kompleksnosti i ljepoti – kao i njegovim tajnama koje će za nas uvijek ostati nedokučive, a odgovori na njih predmet naše stalne čeznje i strastvene inspiracije…