VIEW IN MY ROOM
Croatia
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 19.7 W x 19.7 H x 2 D in
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It has always seemed to me that every writer spends his life writing the same book, simply from different perspectives; that every painter paints the same work of art, merely with different emotions. As much as painting cycles may change, the starting point is always the same. My starting point has always been the same: the colour of the sea, the texture of Dalmatian façades, the ethereality of the sky, but the most powerful origin of my artistic work is not only my unbreakable bond with the Mediterranean, but also my many travels and moves, especially my newest move to Sri Lanka. Every new environment in which I have lived affects what I inherited in childhood: the pictures of the Mediterranean which have determined me and stayed with me despite meeting new cultures. My newest works draw origins from my previous cycle, “Stories About Cities”. I continue to question how the passing of time acts on the architecture of a city. The cycle of Mediterranean houses, which I present here, is an interpretation of my city of birth, Zadar, and its history. This is the picture I have soaked in growing up with the stone masonry of Roman and Venetian legacy, the Forum, the fort walls, and the squares, which I continually admire.
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:19.7 W x 19.7 H x 2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Croatia
Branka Ridicki (b. 1966, Zadar, Croatia) earned her BA and MA in History of Art and Italian Literature and Language at the University of Zagreb. She has worked as an independent documentary film producer and film-maker since 1991, and began her career as an artist in 2001. She is based in Zagreb, but divides her time between Croatia and Sri Lanka. Branka is best known for the itinerary and cartographic elements in her paintings marked with fragments of urban architecture. This stems from the cultural framework she grew up in, within the historical urban architecture of her native town, Zadar. She preserved this inclination and reinforced it in the context of multicultural experiences, throughout her constant relocations to New York, Cairo and Colombo. In Faces of the Town, her paintings develop the theme of a town that is not a megalopolis, but a place where space and time are perceived on a small scale. She combines different viewpoints, presenting the town from a bird's eye view, while the houses appear in a two-dimensional profile. With this approach she creates a disengaged space which opens the way to different variations of a single story. Addressing public spaces through poetic and creative play on the concept of town, exploring the millenia-old experience of urban living, Branka questions the position of the individual in our modern, migrational society. Branka has represented Croatia at the 10th International Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt (2007). Major exhibitions of Branka's work have been held in Vladimir Filakovac Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia (2016); Museum of Ancient Glass, Zadar, Croatia (2010) and Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum, Cairo, Egypt (2007). Branka is a member of the Croatian Association of Artists Zadar (HDLU Zadar) and the Croatian Association of Artists Zagreb (HDLU Zagreb).
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