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SAFET ZEC SAFET ZEC

Bosanski Michelangelo

Bosnian Michelangelo

Dobitnik brojnih nagrada. Posebno He won numerous awards. His
izdvaja Šestoaprilsku nagradu favourite one is the 6th April Award
njegovog Sarajeva, koju je dobio of the city of Sarajevo in 2015. In 2007
tek 2015, te orden za umjetnost i Republic of France he was awarded
književnost Republike Francuske, kada the Medal of the Knight of the Order of
je 2007. proglašen i vitezom umjetnosti Arts and Letters

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duvijek smo imali sjajne umjetnike, kojim bi se po- e have always had brilliant artists, and even bigger
nosile mnogo veće zemlje. Toj plejadi pripada slikar countries would be proud of them. Safet Zec (73) is
Oi grafičar Safet Zec (73), kojeg nazivaju bosanskim Wcalled Bosnian Michelangelo, and he is the one of
Michelangelom. the pleiad of artists.
Rođen je 1943. godine u Rogatici. Kroz školovanje u Umjetnič- He was born in Rogatica in 1943. He studied at Art school in
koj školi u Sarajevu, ostvario je virtuozna likovna djela. Ismet Sarajevo where he beceme an accomplished virtuoso of art.
Mujezinović ga je, kaže, uveo u svijet kreacija. Akademiju li- Mr Ismet Mujezinović introduced him to the creative world. He
kovnih umjetnosti u Beogradu završio je 1969, a tri godine graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 1968.
potom postdiplomski studij u klasi profesorice Ljubice Sokić. Three years later he finished his postgraduate studies in the
Član je svih značajnih umjetničkih asocijacija u Evropi i do- class of Professor Ljubica Sokić.
bitnik brojnih nagrada. Posebno izdvaja Šestoaprilsku na- He is a member of all respectable associations of artists in Europe
gradu njegovog Sarajeva, koju je dobio tek 2015, te orden za and he won numerous awards. His favourite one is the 6th April
umjetnost i književnost Republike Francuske, kada je 2007. Award of the city of Sarajevo he won in 2015. In 2007 Republic
proglašen i vitezom umjetnosti. of France recognised Zec’s contributions to the arts and he
Zec nije samo bosanski, on je i svjetski slikar! Djela su mu was awarded the Medal of the Knight of the Order of Arts and
izložena u svim značajnim evropskim i svjetskim galerijama Letters. Zec is not just Bosnian but world class artist. His works
i muzejima, a 2014. se pridružio najvećim majstorima slikar- adorn many outstanding European and the world galleries. In
stva u historiji, kada je nakon četiri stoljeća, na upražnjeno 2014 he joined the greatest artists in history. After four centuries
mjesto u centralnoj rimskoj isusovačkoj crkvi, kapeli “Della of vacancy in central Rome’s Jesuit church, the chapel Della
Passione“, smještena njegova figurativna kompozicija “Skida- Passione filled a place by Zec’s figurative composition “The
nje Isusa s križa“, koju je javnosti tada predstavio papa Franjo! Deposition of the Body of Christ from the Cross”. His masterpiece
- Protiv djela sam koja neko mora da vam objašnjava, ali i was introduced by Pope Francis.
onih koja nemaju direktni vizuelni kontakt sa posmatračem “I don’t like when painter or writer have to explain what he
- naglašava Zec. wants to say, works that have no direct visual contact with a
Zovu ga i slikarom poetične i traumatične Bosne, jer je na viewer”, Zec points out.
platno prenio ono najbolje i najbolnije iz nje, kao što je Sre- He is called the painter of poetic and traumatic Bosnia. He
brenički opus. Taj omaž ljudskom stradanju uskoro će za- captured the best and the most painful moments on a canvas,
tvoriti velikom izložbom “Egzodus“, od 13. maja do 26. no- like series of paintings Srebrenica. That homage to human
vembra u okviru 57. Venecijanskog bijenala. Poziv za ovu suffering will be rounded by the great exhibition “Exodus” at
najveću svjetsku likovnu smotru dobio je od čuvene crkve Venice Biennale from 13 May to 26 November. Zec was invited to
“Pietta“ i direktora Massima Zuine. Venice Biennale by Pietta Church and art director Massimo Zuina.
- Ta crkva sva svoja dobra posvećuje djeci, siročadi, udo- “That church gives its profit to children, orphans, to find them
mljuje ih i školuje. Vidjeli su moje opuse, cikluse posvećene a place to live and educate. They saw my homage, series, my

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