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“Broj 11” / “Number 11”
ZLATAN VEHABOVIÆ
A Painter from
“A Brand New Film”
“Zlatan Vehabović’s painting isn’t a movie, it doesn’t take place within a period of time, it doesn’t
contain sound or possess a story – it rather features a somewhat ambiguous atmosphere
that hints at something that could be a story.”
Written by: Nataša Bodrožiæ
Zlatan Vehabović is a young painter born in 1982
who is currently a post-graduate at the Academy
of Fine Arts in Zagreb, and he has won numerous
prestigious awards while also being portrayed
by the critics as one of the most interesting painters to
emerge over the last several years. He is recognizable
for his large-sized canvases that always feature a human
figure. He displays motifs of childhood, somewhat
removed, unusual images that slightly evoke memories
of a dream or are a part of a bigger universal story,
a huge archive of partly forgotten images, which are
sometimes real and sometimes false. The narrative
aspect and the non-threatening, but still impressive
grandeur of the compositions, the epic strength that
wriggles through the images and calls upon the continuation
of the story, as well as the sheer distinction
and power of Vehabović’s paintings, have made him
one of the most promising young artists, whose time is
yet to arrive.
“I wanted to have the paintings dyed in different memories.
If they ended up being visually attractive, it’s not
because they display a certain location or a specific
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