30th Passion Heritage Festivities – My Experience of the Passion / Mihael Kolarić – The Way and the Truth
Solo exhibition
ABOUT THE PASSION HERITAGE
The Passion Heritage Festivities event has been held for 30 years in the city of Zagreb, and in the last ten years in other cities in Croatia (Zaprešić, Samobor, Đakovo, Jastrebarsko, Dubrovnik). It was founded with the aim of preserving our cultural heritage from oblivion, but also as an instigator of new artistic creativity in the field of literature, music, art through the holding of triennial competitions, and the results of which have resulted in a series of exhibitions, concerts and literary works that have been extremely accepted, recognized and awarded by the general public and the profession.
As a unique event, in the pre-Easter period, it strives to convey the spirit of the holiday atmosphere to its loyal audience and the public, to show our heritage and the diversity of our customs, as well as our rich cultural musical, visual and literary creativity through a series of concert performances, performances of cultural and artistic societies and folk singers, as well as art exhibitions and literary events.
"THE WAY AND THE TRUTH"
The presented paintings try to express the phenomenon of suffering through coloristic tension and narrative. Each painting brings a symbolic representation of sacrifice, temptation and manifestation of human evil and resistance to evil: it is not depicted as human resistance, but as sacrifice and adoration of God. In this sense, readiness to sacrifice signifies Christian loyalty to God. The deformation of some characters further emphasizes the manifestation of human evil, and the portraits of saints the expression of this suffering. In this sense, biblical themes warn of the eternal actuality of evil and of the threat to man's freedom and his truth.
BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR
Mihael Kolarić was born on February 18, 1995 in Koprivnica. He graduated from high school in Koprivnica, majoring in commercialism. He has been painting since childhood, receiving his first encouragement in the family, from his father, a self-taught sculptor. He had one solo exhibition in Pitomača in 2014. He enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in 2016, Department of Painting and completed his undergraduate studies in 2020. He is currently studying Painting in the class of red.prof.art. Zoltan Novak. He is a participant in art meetings and colonies. Some of his works are permanently exhibited in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Ždala. He won first place at the eighth Festival of World Literature in 2020 in the creation of an art poster.
The exhibition is financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia and the City Office for Culture of the City of Zagreb
The exhibition at the Šira Gallery can be viewed during the Gallery's working hours (Mon-Fri: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Saturdays: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.) until March 31, 2021.
