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'

Nikica Drogbaba: KAD JE JUNG SREO FREUDA / WHEN JUNG MET FREUD

The two phallusoid vertical objects which symbolize Jung and Freud have been skilfully juxtaposed with the passive, feminine openness of the horizontal lines, barely visible in the background.
The pulsating Eros is almost tangible here, mixed with a sense of guilt - simmering hypnotic sexual desire that regularly gets repressed during the upbringing, which is irresistible as much as it is threatening, capable to annihilate the laws of behavior and living and bring confusion and pain due to overpowering change and penetration of the unknown - which is something that the Western civilization (which we are a part of) is genuinely terrified of.


Falusne vertikale - kojima su ovdje simbolički prikazani Freud i Jung majstorski su povezane sa pasivnom ženskom otvorenošću horizonatalnih linija, ovlaš naznačenih u pozadini.

Tu se naprosto može napipati pulsirajuća erotičnost pomiješana sa osjećajem krivnje – tinjajuća hipnotička seksualna želja  koja se redovito potiskuje zbog odgoja, a koja je neodoljiva i ujedno prijeteća, sposobna razoriti zakonitosti  ponašanja i življenja te donijeti  pometnju i bol zbog nastale promjene i ulaska u nepoznato - čega se duboko u sebi Zapadna civilizacija, (koje smo i mi dio), iskreno užasava.

Rahani Packard: TRAKTAT O FEMINIZMU / TRACTATE ON FEMINISM

I have to admit - this artwork, which was submitted to me for review quite a while ago, is among the top 7 of my favourites.
The edgy humor which it radiates is contagious, while the story it tells is actually rather simple - this is the illustration of the contempt towards the generally accepted definitions of a woman is regularly (in the media and otherwise) represented as a mere sexual object - property of a man, without her own voice.
This is the female perspective of the situation - a protest against such society and its perfidious manipulative appendages and institutions (primarily, the fashion industry and the marketing machinery which exploits the female body in the most heinous possible way).
(Suggestion)
An alternative title for this artwork which could convey the message even more clearly: 'Misogyny on the pillar of shame'


Priznati ću - ovaj rad, kojeg sam prilično davno dobio na komentiranje, jedan je od mojih 7 omiljenih.

Britki humor kojim odiše je zarazan, dok je priča koju nosi zapravo prilično jednostavna - ovo je slika prijezira prema općeprihvaćenim definicijama žene koja se redovito (u medijima i uopće) prezentira kao seksualni objekat - vlasništvo muškarca, koje nema pravo glasa. 

Ovo je žensko viđenje situacije - protest protiv takvog društva i njegovih perfidnih manipulativnih pipaka - institucija (pri čemu se prvenstveno misli na modnu industriju te marketinšku mašineriju koja u svom radu eksploatira žensko tijelo na najgnjusniji mogući način).

(Prijedlog)

Novi naziv za ovaj uradak koji bi jos jezgrovitije mogao prikazati ovu poruku bio bi: Mizoginija na stubu srama.