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 THE PAINTING OF MEMORIES AND PRESENT
BETWEEN PENCIL AND STONE Poetry of his childhood and the beauty of our spiritual heritage Tomislav Turkalj strived to revive through the expressive power of his art. Big influence on the uprising and establishment of his arts profile had the comics of Andrija Maurović and Žark Beker, and especially the purity of Jules Radilović's drawings, wich helped him to develop the ability of percieving details. Later, enchanted by the work of old masters in Renaissance Leonardo Da Vinci, Raffaello, Michelangelo, Direr and others, he was adopting their ways of making art (paintings, drawings, modulation). Although he is autodidact, with practice and studying of anatomy and the structure of materials, now in his paintings (technique of oil painting) Tomislav Turkalj thrives to perfect his colorit and purity of colours on solid drawing with clearly delimited shapes and areas, sometimes completely ignoring the background to strongly emphasize the first plan. When making landscapes, he dives into the depth of matter, which can be clearly seen in the interpretation of river Una motives. Like a Renaissance card arisen in a noble arts archaeology, in Turkalj's work we can also see animalistic motivs, such as a painting with man and bear, or a painting that shows us the highlighted anatomy of Bosnian horse.Paintings of memories we see in a girl on a swing, and with strong emotional enthisuasm he reflects the magical beauty of river Una, by which he grew up. For his motives Turkalj takes the beautiful side of life and tradition, so it never fades away. He demonstrates us those moments through smiling faces of girls and boys from which emerges purity, youth and beauty. The «Ašik» painting awakens memories of our alleys and the time when life was more beautiful and filled with more romance and love. Turkalj also brings us back into childhood and our tradition with his paintings, enlivening the essence of Bosnia, flavour of chestnut, dry maize, which can be seen in a painting of making brandy («Destilerija») that Turkalj uses to represent the traditional ritual of Bosnian man. His paintings are, in fact, the paintings of memories, paintings of seen, of past and present, everything that he apsorbed with great emotions from the atmosphere, so he is actually the true painter of everyday life. Simply said, Tomislav Turkalj is a visual artist. In his earliest drawings with pencil, the theme and spiritual structure of content are perfectly outlined, and it undoubtedly tells us that drawing is exactly the fundamental substrate of Turkalj's art. In his artistic creation the symbolism is also immanent, which is seen in painting «Moj grad» ("My city" oil painting, 2005.). The frontal side of the sarcophagus with emblem of Bihać dominates in the painting, and in front of it sits a young, wistful girl. With these two symbols Tomislav Turkalj told us a story of the historical and cultural heritage of Bihać and his youth. Only three years later Tomislav Turkalj engaged in the reconstruction of devastated replica of sacred monument, mausoleum of Croatian leaders in Bihać, the same one that he painted in oil when representing «his city». Because of his good knowledge of drawing and anatomy, Turkalj decides to try working with stone «bihacit», so he started the demanding job – reconstruction of drawings and replica of sarcophagus with nine reliefs. The ability to percieve and interpret details was crucial to start working with «bihacit», and he manages to make a fascinating replica of the terrain of Bihać sarcophagus, which is , as monument, set in the old part of town, near the church tower of St. Ante of Padua. For Tomislav, carving in stone represented drawing, where the pen was replaced by chisel. Tomislav Turkalj's art, his whole artistic creativity, represents flawless artistic unit, and contains many values that provide him special and universal character and significance. That satisfaction of creating, that we can feel in Turkalj's art, is like a guiding star that invites us to embrace that same satifaction and bring it into our own lives. Those feelings and excitation can only be provided by a true art. Doc. Ahmet Ibukić – Ami, academic artist ********************************************************************************************* … Expose arts of Tomislav Turkalj, but also whole his art creati, presents splending art entity and contents many other values, which gave him special and universal character and significance. Many observers of his art, those who in deep penetrating achieve creative relationship, will feel for sure hers nobleness and eminence, they will feel artists serious artism, his wit, his originality and especially deepness of his feelings. We would draw attention to the individual selection, to those works, which are devote to the human, human face, that is portrait, who in some of details sink in “arts anecdote”, but who for sure, have deepness of character. By the way, Turkaljs interest for portraits, show his personal courage, knowledge and trust in him self, but also well known statement that man was always favorite, but not easy subject of artists elaboration as “emotional and psychological” imperative, and also as administrative domination in nature, and finally as “something” that interests all artists, but also watchers (people), because they discover something special, common and eternally in portrait art. Easiest sad, Turkaljs artist is telling us “per directum” , that art isn’t some individual, transcendental creation, abstract, and long away art, he is telling us that it is act of artist, who has created it for him self, but also for other people, or as it have sad great French, philosopher Romano Ingarden, “ … that what rise, truly art above usual artism, are ideas, artist emotions and his talent …” Prof. dr Kresimir IZAKOVIC |
Tomislav TURKALJ Member ULUBiH, ULUUSK, |
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