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Branka Ridicki

Croatia

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 36.2 W x 48 H x 2 D in

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The architecture and history of Galle Fort and Colombo Fort inspired my new cycle of paintings wherein the complex composition of architecture is reduced to simplified volumes. My previous research inaugurated open spaces, urban heritage, lights and colors of the Mediterranean, now my new focus is to deconstruct the life of the town in the context of its history: history of different cultures overlapping - European and Asian. I kept the same artistic approach, using a spatula to apply layers of paint in order to achieve the thick coat resembling the surface of a wall and architectural facades, as well as symbolizing layers of ancient towns that preceded the one visible today. The image of the building became my main interest - images of gateways and towers and also the body of houses forming town. My aim here was to represent the living and creative heart of the town with its main squares, towers and gateways as symbols of the human, cultural and civilizational sinergy. The way of telling the stories about towns is inspired here from the medieval descriptive representations of biblical stories.

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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:36.2 W x 48 H x 2 D in

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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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