Mitar Matić

Ten books with censorship (2013.)

“Ten books with censorship” is a 2013 series of paintings which consists of 10 oils on paper in combination with acrylic on glass. Work was inspired by “The ten books on architecture” by Marcus Vitruvius Polio. the titles of the paintings are sentences and parts of sentences from the mentioned book. In this work I try to create the controversial atmosphere which results from the collision of learned knowledge about painting and the experience of painting practice.

1. To lay before you my writings on this theme

1. To lay before you my writings on this theme

Oil on paper and acrylic on glass, 75 x 105 cm, 2013.

2. Those who depend not on their own thoughts

2. Those who depend not on their own thoughts

Oil on paper and acrylic on glass, 75 x 105 cm, 2013.

3. Not only to builders but also to all scholars

3. Not only to builders but also to all scholars

Oil on paper and acrylic on glass, 75 x 105 cm, 2013.

4. Harmonics is an obscure and difficult branch of musical science, especially for those who do not know Greek

4. Harmonics is an obscure and difficult branch of musical science, especially for those who do not know Greek

Oil on paper and acrylic on glass, 75 x 105 cm, 2013.

6. Too broad talk will only be a hindrance

6. Too broad talk will only be a hindrance

Oil on paper and acrylic on glass, 75 x 105 cm, 2013.

7. Writing on architecture is not like history or poetry

7. Writing on architecture is not like history or poetry

Oil on paper and acrylic on glass, 75 x 105 cm, 2013.

8. Asphaltic springs, taken as purges, cure intestinal maladies

8. Asphaltic springs, taken as purges, cure intestinal maladies

Oil on paper and acrylic on glass, 75 x 105 cm, 2013.

9. With the ancients, however, it is said that such work did not pass without strict chastisement

9. With the ancients, however, it is said that such work did not pass without strict chastisement

Oil on paper and acrylic on glass, 75 x 105 cm, 2013.

10. Because we ought to imitate nature as seen in the case of all the things growing

10. Because we ought to imitate nature as seen in the case of all the things growing

Oil on paper and acrylic on glass, 75 x 105 cm, 2013.

Mitar Matić
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