Last night, the exhibition titled "Nothing Will Ruin This Day for Me" by artist from Rijeka, Mirna Sišul, was officially closed. Her paintings, brimming with vibrant colours, brightness and sincerity, transport us back to the world of childhood imagination while also offering a worldview of a mature and experienced painter. This successful exhibition marked the conclusion of yet another fruitful collaboration between University Gallery and Split's Gallery Brešan.
What sets Mirna Sišul's works apart is her personal touch - calligraphic details that infuse her paintings with her feelings and thoughts. Mirna's artworks, beyond reflecting the spirit of her region, also have a therapeutic effect. There is hardly any black in her opus. Brešan rightly notes that the trio from Rijeka - Radojičić, Jantolek and Sišul, can be likened to colourists from Dubrovnik and sfumato artists from Split, including them in the Rijeka school of "infantilists," not in a pejorative sense, but in the most positive light, as art form that retains the authenticity of a child's perspective. Much like the great Croatian artists Lipovac, Lovrenčić, and Lončarić, Mirna Sišul creates artworks suffused with optimism, free from unnecessary details or attempts to please the audience.
"It is said that children's drawing passes through four key phases - from accidental realism between the ages of one and three, clumsy and illogical realism during the ages of three to six, to competent realism between six and ten years of age. Beyond that, drawing should aspire to the level of artwork.
Our painter is traversing the path of youth, infusing her works with elements of imagination, with subtle hints of black that remind us of the real world. Everything else manifests her creative freedom, and I truly admire divine and unique qualities present in her work," Igor Brešan concluded.
This exhibition, as the artist herself expressed, encapsulates two cycles - one dedicated to couples in love and their relationships, and the other to her personal days, from the "pink day" to the "day with green dots." Through these colours and motifs, she conveys small moments that shape our daily lives.
Helena Trze Jakelić, head of University Gallery, thanked everyone who contributed to this exhibition: "We close this exhibition with the hope that Mirna Sišul’s colours, shapes, and words made you feel, if for just a moment, beauty and brightness that she generously shares with the world."
