critics
Obrad Jovanović's comments on the Užice exhibition held at ART Gallery
in January 2004 on occasion of the 15th anniversary of artistic work
This Mirko Sekulić exhibition is an outstanding example of how a man's
need to express himself and the pleasure taken in the act of painting is
worthy of being shared with others. His paintings do not pretend to
convey an extreme wisdom or the feeling of the aimlessness or the
desperation of facing the nothingness, they are a mere embodiment of
simple human experiences and an attempt at generalising the personal
experience and relating it to a wider public. The wider public includes
me and you, the visitors to the exhibition.
Mirko's work does not have high pretentions at the level of the
high-brow structures and imaginary worlds of surrealism or informel.
Instead, he enjoys the unpolluted nature, the transformations of the
landscape brought about by the advent of seasons, and the joy of
decoding the essence of the transformations through artistic work.
Within the landscapes, he finds his motifs and a prevailing atmosphere
is one of mildness, characterised by the softness of the perspective, of
melancholy and longing for the unreachable, which only emphasises the
impression of the space and the physical beauty of the landscape.
Because of this the beauty of the landscape surrounging his birthplace
can boast another poet who collaborates with the wind, the birds, the
thunder and the reflection of the eternal skies in the rapids of
mountain streams and the general transience.
Professor Obrad Jovanović
An impressionist when it comes to the treatment of colours, and a
temperate expressionist when it comes to the strokes and moves, applying
a calculated and reasoned use of colours, making full use of their
expressive and chromatic values... True human experience The exhibition
of works by Mirko Sekulic, artist from Uzice, was opened at the cinema
lobby, on January 12, as a commemoration of the 15th anniversary of
artistic work. 32 landscapes, using the techniques of pastel, oil on
canvas, and water colour miniatures.
Professor Obrad Jovanovic stated that this exhibition is a great example
of the human need to explore and enjoy the act of painting and getting a
result which is worthy of being shared with others. According to the
critics, Sekulic is an impressionist when it comes to his treatment of
colours,and a moderate expressionist when it comes to his gesture and
strokes. He deals with the motifs with a calculated, reason-driven use
of colours, their expressive and luminous evaluation and deliberation. A
certain smoothness and softness of perspective leaves an impression of
melancholy and longing for the unreachable, which only amplifies the
illusion of space and a fascination with the critical. That is how the
birthplace influences a poet who allies with the wind, the birds, the
thunder and the reflection of the eternal sky in the rapids of mountain
streams and universal transience.
