Summary
Igor Zidić: Slika i vrijeme - Edo Murtić
The first published volume from the newly launched Ex libris edition Slika i vrijeme fully justified expectations and testified that the author of the series, Igor Zidić, with his scientifically based interpretation, along with phenomenological insights into the iconographic network that the painter interwoven with his Mediterranean handwriting, realizes the much-needed link between the painter and his time. In contrast to Trebotić's Mediterranean iconographic interpretation, Murtić's painting cosmopolitan position is much more complex and demanding in terms of analytical judgment. But not for Zidić, who is not only an art historian and writer, but also a respectable art critic (the author of Murtić's two retrospectives and several independent exhibitions), then a respected comparativist, which ultimately enables him to have a broader analytical context in which there is no room for repeating established stereotypes, but with a new critical reading before us and on this occasion he successfully dissolves the case of Murtić. Superior professional knowledge, along with many years of experience in reading and critically reflecting on artistic and literary language, make this author an unquestionable authority, and his manuscripts are above all useful and stimulating for many future researchers or art critics. That is why we should not be at all surprised that Zidić's manuscripts are always different from the critical reflections of others on the same subject that we know, so they often rightfully become useful, educational reading even outside the narrowest profession. The accompanying art material is only an illustration of the author's established theses.
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