Exhibition of miniatures by our painter dr. art. Dina Jakšić Pavasović was officially opened on June 11. in the Small Formats Gallery – Koloč in Bol on the island of Brač. The exhibition was opened by the famous Croatian actress Anja Šovagović. In her speech, Anja recited an excerpt from Shakespeare’s famous play “The Tempest” and referred to Dina’s life and her painting in a very interesting way. Anja turned this spectacular act of opening itself into a performance.
This is the first exhibition of miniatures by our painter. With this exhibition, Dina took a step forward by trying to transfer painting from her large canvases, which are characterized by strong and large brushstrokes, to a small format. It is precisely for this reason that the name of the exhibition is “Small format large paintings”. Also, the reason for such a name of the exhibition comes from the desire to create one big picture when all the miniatures are combined into one whole. Miniatures arranged together may or may not form a whole, even if their arrangement is changed they still form a whole.
The small format gallery was created with a large donation of miniatures by Ivica Karninčić – Koloč. Ivica Karninčić donated 300 works of miniatures by 260 authors, including Bukovac, Vidović, Račko, Tartaglia, Šimunović, Kaštelančić and others. Karninčić, as an expert in this form of art, points out that it is much more difficult to create a work in a smaller format without disturbing the compositional harmony, proportions and the very concept of the motif.
