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Vicko Buktenica“OSJEĆAM SE OPUŠTENO I MIRNO DIŠEM”

VICKO BUKTENICA“OSJEĆAM SE OPUŠTENO I MIRNO DIŠEM”

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IMPRESSUM

IZDAVAČ / PUBLISHED BY

Vicko Buktenica i Općina Šolta

AUTOR TEKSTA / TEXT

prof. Duško Aničić

LEKTURA / PROOF READING

Marina Blagaić

PRIJEVOD / TRANSLATION

Mihaela Blagaić

FOTOGRAFIJE / PHOTOGRAPHS

Goran Strujić

GRAFIČKO OBLIKOVANJE / GRAPHIc DESIGN

DES Split

TISAK / PRINTED BY

DES Split

NAKLADA /EDITION

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PREDGOVOR 4

INTRODUcTION 5

BIOGRAFIJA 6

BIOGRAPHY 6

REFERENTNA LISTA 7

REFERENT LIST 7

KATALOG 9

cATALOGUE 9

SADRŽAJ / cONTENTS

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SVIĆA NA TOPRAGU

Naiva Nova sa Šolte

Još ima uja u svići, i neće se ugasit svitlo na topragu, lumin ima ko užgat.

Tradicija naive na Šolti nastavlja se. Evo nam još jednog Buktenice, evo nam Vice, čiji barba bijaše Eugen – Đenko.

“Eto, to je taj fenomen samoniklosti”, kako je napisala likovna kritičarka Željka Zdelar u predgovoru za samostalnu Vicinu izložbu u Zagrebu. Danima listam slike za ovu izložbu i što ih više gledam, sve sam više zbunjen. Kamo smjestiti ovog samoukog – samoniklog slikara. Ma i ne trebam tražiti neki umjetnički pravac, jednostavno, to je ta neugasla svića sa Šolte. To je Vice koji čini još jedan korak naprijed. “U osnovnoj školi imao sam samo jedinice iz likovnog i glazbenog”, kaže Vice, “a onda sam, ne znam kako ni sam, proslikao prije dvanaest godina i pjevam tenora u muškoj klapi Donjaci Martinci iz Donjega Sela.” Tako ovaj šoltanski slavuj, slikar i ribar krstari svojom okolicom, bilježeći nam jutra, dan, sumrak te lakoćom stvaranja postaje pravi kroničar u likovnom izričaju.

Kompoziciju gradi na kontrastima boja, koja se ponekad u dubini slike pretvara u dugu. Ispred te duge je priča sa Šolte. Svaka je Vicina slika ne samo likovna kompozicija, nego i likovni esej gledan često iz ptičje – čuvitine perspektive. Pokušavajući ovoga šoltanskog ribara smjestiti u neki od brojnih likovnih pravaca, izmiče točno određenje. Iako ga svi svrstavaju u naivu, u potpunosti se ne slažem, pa ga ustoličujem kao sviću na topragu, a likovni pravac osjećam kao Naivu novu sa Šolte.

Gledam jednu sliku nastalu 2009. godine, a na naslovnoj je strani kataloga izložbe održane 2011. godine u galeriji Doma kulture Zvonimir u Solinu. U toj slici vidim sve ono po čemu se Vice razlikuje od drugih slikara. Na čudesan način spaja naivu, amaterizam, akademizam i dječji likovni izričaj. Desna strana slike prikazuje bujnu otočnu floru oslikanu lakim, brzim potezima u jednobojnoj valerskoj gradaciji zelene boje s bljeskovima žutog akcenta, stvarajući uvjerljivu perspektivu

na kojoj bi mu mogli pozavidjeti i mnogi učeni slikari. Lijevo je prikazan dvorac s kulama i utvrdama modulirajući tople boje, što mogu svrstati u dobar amaterizam. Pointilističkim pristupom oslikava grmove i cvijeće što je u duhu naive, dok je obala koja se spaja s morem i nebom kao rad vješte dječje ruke zaljubljene u akvarel. More je nebo, a nebo je more.

Sve je to nadrealni prikaz šoltanskih motiva koji lebde iznad mora i neba. Zeleni brodići u modrom moru uvala koje obvezno prati tovar u pratnji ćuvite na samaru, više zainteresirane za tovara nego za događanja oko sebe.

I tako od slike do slike, u radosti življenja na otoku i raskoši boja koje Vice slaže intuicijom. Ovo je slikarstvo od srca kojemu nije cilj samodopadnost; ono je onaj drugi dio dana kada slikar nije ribar nego slikopisac vlastitoga Otoka.

Otoka na kojem je ispunio želju svoga barbe Đenka te mu napravio jedinu kuću naive na Sredozemlju, a koji je uvršten među pedeset najpoznatijih umjetnika naive s motivima mora.

Tako Vice nije dozvolio da se svića ugasi, nego karakteristično sretnim likovnim izričajem nastavlja pričati svoje likovne priče na Otoku.

Tovar, pobjednik-kralj naših težaka u centru je zbivanja, nepobjediv, ponosan na odličje oko vrata što ga opjeva u svojoj himni Dalmacije barba Ljubo, nije više lumin sjećanja nego uvijek svjetlo opstanka i pobjede otočana od davnina, a luč drite ko kolone nosi naš Šoltanin Vice.

Duško Aničić, prof. Podmosorje, lita Gospodnjeg 2012., miseca lipnja

PREDGOVOR

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A GUARDIAN OF HEARTH’S FIRE

Naiva Nova of Šolta

There is still some oil left in a candle, and the light won’t go out, there is still someone to keep it on.

The tradition of naive art continues on the island of Šolta, in the work of yet another Buktenica, Vice, a nephew of the late painter Eugen Buktenica who was known on the island as Đenko.

It is the phenomenon of self-growth, wrote the art critic Željka Zdelar in her preface to exhibition catalogue of Vice’s solo exhibition in Zagreb. I have been looking at his paintings for days, and the more I look, the more confused I get. To which art movement does this self-educated, self-grown painter belong? There is actually no need to look for an appropriate art movement – he is that unextinguished light from Šolta. It is Vice, who makes another step forward. “In primary school, I had the lowest marks in Art and Music”, says Vice, “and then, much to my surprise, I started to paint twelve years ago, and later to sing in the klapa Donjaci Martinci from the village of Donje Selo.” And so this nightingale from Šolta, a painter and a fisherman, cruises around the island documenting effortlessly its mornings, days, and twilights, becoming in the process a true chronicler in his artistic expression.

He builds his compositions on contrasting colours that sometimes, in the depth of a painting, turn into a rainbow. In front of the rainbow, there is a story from the life of Šolta. Vice’s paintings are more than art compositions; they are art essays seen from a bird’s – an owl’s – eye view. This fisherman’s art resists categorization. Although he is considered to be a naive painter, I couldn’t completely agree; in my view, he is a guardian of hearth’s fire, and I see the whole movement as Naiva Nova of Šolta.

I’m looking at a 2009 painting that is on the cover of the exhibition catalogue from the exhibition at Dom kulture in Solin in 2011. In this painting I see everything that sets Vice apart from other painters. He is able to combine naive art, amateurism, academism

and a childlike artistic expression in an extraordinary way. In the right part of the painting there is the island’s lush vegetation painted with light, quick brush strokes in different shades of green, with sudden flashes of yellow, creating a perspective so convincing that it could inspire envy in many formally-educated painters. On the left, there is a castle with towers and fortresses in warm colours, an example of a good amateurism. Using a pointillist technique, he paints bushes and flowers in the naive art tradition, while the shore merging together with the sea and the sky resembles the work of a gifted child in love with watercolours. The sea is the sky, and the sky is the sea.

The Šolta’s motifs are presented in a surrealistic mode, as they hang in the air above the sea. Small green fisherman’s boats rest in the blue sea of the island’s bays, always accompanied by a donkey with an owl on his back, which is more interested in the donkey than in what is happening around her.

And so it goes from one painting to another; the joy of living on the island and the opulence of colours that Vice combines intuitively. This is heart-felt art that does not want to be self-sufficient; it is all about that other part of the day when a painter stops being a fisherman and becomes a narrator, through painting, of his Island’s life.

It is the island on which Vice has established the only house of naive art on the Mediterranean, thus fulfilling the wish of his uncle Đenko who was included among the world’s 50 most well-known naive painters of marine motifs. This way, Vice has never allowed the light to go out; instead, through his distinctly joyful artistic expression, he continues to tell his art stories on the Island.

A donkey, that king victorious of our peasants, often in the focus of his paintings, proudly sporting the medal around his neck, sung about in the famous song Dalmatino, povišću pritrujena by the late ethnomusicologist and composer Ljubo Stipišić Delmata –that donkey is more than a lantern of memory; it is and has always been the light of survival and victory of the islanders, the light that is carried by Vice, our man from Šolta, who stands upright as a column.

Duško Aničić, MA In Podmosorje, June, AD 2012

INTRODUcTION

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VIcKO BUKTENIcA - Eto to je taj fenomen samoniklosti - kakav osjećaj i pristup slobodnom slikarskom izražavanju, bez povijesnog opterećenja, bez pretenzija, gotovo, čini se, i bez nekog posebnog nastojanja - biti slikar, umjetnik... Naime, dobiva se dojam lakoće i spontanosti... Istina, živio je u blizini slavnog «barbe», ali zanimljiva je činjenica da je počeo slikati nakon smrti Eugena Buktenice. No, nešto je svakako akceptirao, možda i nesvjesno, no sve to što je prihvatio - pretvorio je u svoj stil. Buktenica mlađi odlikuje se brzim potezom i upečatljivim duktusom, što pridonosi stanovitom ekspresivnom ugođaju njegovih veduta.

Također, posjeduje zanimljiv osjećaj za insert, što svjedoči kompozicija Prova, slobodno se izražava bojom, koristeći se šarenim registrom. Osjećaj za prostor često mu je prilagođen pejzažnim temama, dok u arhitekturalnim prikazima postiže određenu mekoću obrisa, što često nije tako kod većine dalmatinskih naivaca.

Vjerujemo da se zbog navedenih odlika i usudio načiniti portret Eugena Buktenice, čime je uspješno podvukao karakterističnost slikareva lika.

Eugen Buktenica uvršten je među 50 najpoznatijih naivaca u cijelom svijetu, a bez sumnje se može kazati kako je i Vicko na tom putu, te da i u njegovim venama teče krv Eugena Buktenice.

U Grohotama na otoku Šolti, u rodnoj kući Eugena Buktenice otvorena je galerija »Buktenica & Buktenica«.Vicko Buktenica rođen je 1964 g. u Splitu. Živi i radi u Grohotama na otoku Šolti. Slikarstvom se bavi od 1999.g. Član Hrvatskog društva naivnih umjetnika od 2007 g. Dobitnik je nagrade za životno djelo, za poseban doprinos u očuvanju tradicije i kulturnih vrijednosti otoka Šolte.

VIcKO BUKTENIcA - the self-sown phenomenon-the feeling, the approach to free expression in painting, with no historical burden, no pretensions, almost, it seems, without no particular striving-just being a painter, being an artist...The impression is namely of lightness and spontaneity...Though, he lived close to his „barba” (uncle), the reknown naive painter Eugen Buktenica, the interesting thing is that Vicko began to paint only after the death of his „barba”. However, he must have absorbed something, maybe unconsciously, yet whatever he absorbed, he transfomed into his style. Buktenica younger is recognizable for his swift brush-strokes and conspicuous ductus, which contributes to certain expressive atmosphere of his veduta.

He also owns an interesting feeling for insert, to which testifies the composition Prova, freely expresses himself using wide range of colours. His feeling for space is often „custom tailored” to landscape themes, while in arthitecturale representation he achives certain softness of outlines, which is rather uncommon in other dalmatian naive painters.

We believe that the above mentioned qualites led him to dare to portrait Eugene Buktenica, in which he successfully underlined the specific character of this painter.

Eugen Buktenica is among the 50 best known naive painters of the world, and it can be said, witho no doubt whatsoever, that Vicko, his nephew, is also on this trail, that Eugen’s blood (metaphorically speaking) runs through Vicko’s veins.

The art gallery „Buktenica & Buktenica” is opened in the house of birth of Eugene Buktenica, in the village Grohote, on the island of Šolta.

Vicko Buktenica was born in 1954. In Split. He lives and works in Grohote on Šolta. Painter/artist since 1999. The member of croatian Association of the Naive Artists since 2007. Also received the Life Achievement Award for his particular contribution to the conservation of the traditions and the cultural values of the island of Šolta.

BIOGRAFIJA / BIOGRAPHY

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REFERENTNA LISTA / REFERENT LIST

SAMOSTALNE IZLOŽBE:

Grohote, 2000. g. Dom kulture Zagreb, 2000. g. Galerija Mirko Virius Maslinica, 2001. g. Kavotovi dvori Grohote, 2002. g. Dom kulture Maslinica, 2002. g. Kavotovi dvori Grohote, 2003. g. Dom kulture Split, 2006. g. prostorije HSLS-a Maslinica, 2007. g. Kavotovi dvori Zagreb, 2008. g. Galerija Mirko Virius Grohote, 2009. g. Dom kulture Solin, 2010. g. Dom kulture Zvonimir Skupna izložba naive 2010., Slovenija, Mađarska, Slovačka Gornje Selo, 2011., Bratska kuća Split, 2011. g. Dioklecijanovi podrumi Makarska, 2011. g. Metković, 2012. g. Galerija GKS Split, 2012. g. Muzej grada Splita

20 skupnih izložbi u zemlji i inozemstvu Učesnik na 10 likovnih kolonija.

Član: HRVATSKA UDRUGA NAIVNIH UMJETNIKA, SALONA ART,UDRUGA -EMANUEL VIDOVIĆ-, HRVATSKO-NJEMAČKO DRUŠTVO SPLIT.

NAGRADA OPĆINE ŠOLTA ZA OČUVANJE TRADIcIJSKIH I KULTURNIH VRIJEDNOSTI OTOKA ŠOLTE

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2000., Grohote, the House of culture 2001., Zagreb, Mirko Virius Gallery 2001., Maslinica, Kavotovi dvori (outdoor exibition) 2002., Grohote, the House of culture 2002., Maslinica, Kavotovi dvori (outdoor exibition) 2003., Grohote, the House of culture 2006., Split, in the HSLS’s premises 2007., Maslinica, Kavotovi dvori (outdoor exibition) 2008., Zagreb, Mirko Virius Gallery 2009., Grohote, the House of culture 2010., Solin, the House of culture Zvonimir 2010., Group exibition of naive art in Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia 2011., Gornje Selo, Brotherhoodhouse 2011., Split, the Diocletian’s Palace basement 2011., Makarska 2012., Metković, Gallery GKS 2012., Split, The Split city Museum

Present with his work at 20 group exhibitions in the country and abroad. Participated in 10 art colonies.

Membership: THE cROATIAN ASSOcIATION OF THE NAIVE ARTISTS, THE SALONA ART, THE EMANUEL VIDOVIĆ SOcIETY, THE cROATIAN-GERMAN SOcIETY, SPLIT.

AWARD OF cOUNTY ŠOLTA FOR PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL AND cULTURAL VALUES OF ISLAND ŠOLTA

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KATALOG / cATALOGUE

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KATALOG / cATALOGUE

1. OSJEĆAM SE OPUŠTENO I MIRNO DIŠEM, 1000x700 mm

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KATALOG / cATALOGUE

2. ŠOLTANIN ĆUVITAR, 700x500 mm

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KATALOG / cATALOGUE

3. MASLINA, 600x500 mm

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KATALOG / cATALOGUE

4. KOLONA, 500x400 mm

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KATALOG / cATALOGUE

5. MILKA GRANDOTOVA, 600x500 mm

9. TOVAR PODMENDULOM,500x400 mm

6. ROGAČ,500x400 mm

10. IVEKOVIĆ,500x400 mm

7. PRVA MRDUJA,500x400 mm

11. SELOMALO,400x300 mm

8. SASKINJA,600x500 mm

12. ĆUVITA NAPITARU,500x400 mm

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KATALOG / cATALOGUE

13. TOVAR S KOLOM,400x600 mm

14. SV. MIKULA400x600 mm

15. TOVAR KRALJ, 400x600 mm

16. BAZGA, 400x500 mm

17. VAZA, 400x500 mm

18. GNJUS, 400x500 mm 19. TATINJA, 500x700 mm 20. SINTA PANJULAŠ, 600x800 mm

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KATALOG / cATALOGUE

21. MOJA KRUŠIcA, 500x400 mm

25. MENDULA, 600x500 mm

26. GALEB NA KUĆI 600x500 mm

27. EUGEN PARTIJE 700x500 mm

28. BRAĆA, 1200x700 mm

22. GAJETA, 600x500 mm

23. POVRATAKTOVARA, 600x500 mm

24. ŠOLTOMOJA, 600x600 mm

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KATALOG / cATALOGUE

29. HARAKIRI, 700x1000 mm

33. SPASENGLEZA, 600x500 mm

34. SEXY 7BUS BUS, 600x500 mm

30. PINEL, 600x500 mm

36. BAKUL, 600x400 mm

31. cVIĆE U PITARU, 700x500 mm

32. UDVARAČ, 600x500 mm

35. ZVONA ZVONIDU, 600x500 mm

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38. BOŽJA VIRA, 600x500 mm

39. UŠATARE U PROLIĆE, 1000x700 mm

37. MATE MIŠO KOVAČ, 600x500 mm

40. DURMITOR, 700x400 mm

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Eugen Buktenica, slavni “barba” Vicka Buktenice

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Vicko Buktenica

Šoltanskih iseljenika 22, Grohote, island Šolta, croatiamob: +385(0)99 506 5822; www.vickobuktenica.comvice.buktenica@gmail.com