{"id":88366,"date":"2024-02-02T13:18:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/?p=88366"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:31:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:31:04","slug":"nsk-hosts-presentation-of-bane-art-book-spotlighting-the-oeuvre-of-painter-bane-milenkovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/news\/nsk-hosts-presentation-of-bane-art-book-spotlighting-the-oeuvre-of-painter-bane-milenkovic\/","title":{"rendered":"NSK hosts presentation of BANE, art book spotlighting the oeuvre of painter Bane Milenkovi\u0107"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 1 February 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the presentation of a unique, bilingual art book spotlighting the oeuvre of Bane Milenkovi\u0107, a Zagreb-based and Novi Sad-born contemporary painter and a well-known name on the Croatian art scene since the 1980s, published in 2023 by Hamper Studio<\/a>, the Zagreb award-winning branding and design consulting studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With text in Croatian and English, this one-of-a-kind two-volume monograph, entitled BANE<\/em>, was published with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media<\/a>. Outstandingly designed by the Hamper Studio\u2019s Tom Jura Ka\u0107uni\u0107 and Ivana Vu\u010di\u0107, BANE<\/em>\u2019s almost 600 pages feature photographs by Goran Vrani\u0107, Lidija \u0160eler, Ka\u0107uni\u0107, Vu\u010di\u0107 and Milenkovi\u0107 himself, as well as stories by prominent contemporary Croatian writers Miljenko Jergovi\u0107, Monika Herceg, Ante Tomi\u0107 and Zoran Feri\u0107, each illustrating one of the four cycles into which Milenkovi\u0107\u2019s oeuvre has been divided \u2013 Animals<\/em>, Plants<\/em>, Mediterranean<\/em>, Boats<\/em>. Owing to its original design, BANE<\/em> was among the winning titles selected for the 2024 Best Book Design from all over the World competition as part of the 2023 Croatian best book design competition (Hrvatska lijepa knjiga)<\/a>, which NSK organises every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The visitors at the presentation were welcomed by the Head of the NSK Print Collection<\/a> Tamara Ili\u0107 Oluji\u0107, after whose address the preparation of the monograph was presented by one of its designers Ivana Vu\u010di\u0107. The central part of the presentation programme, moderated by art historian and author of the monograph\u2019s introduction Vanja Babi\u0107, was a panel discussion in which Herceg, Jergovi\u0107 and Feri\u0107 provided their perspective on Milenkovi\u0107\u2019s work and presented their part in the monograph\u2019s creation, which also included the participation of Croatian writer, theatre and film director Radovan Mar\u010di\u0107, who also took part in the presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First and foremost, Milenkovi\u0107 never sought to follow trends; this painter\u2019s poetic uniqueness and authenticity are a product of his creative nerve and innate jovial mentality. (\u2026) In its essence, Milenkovi\u0107\u2019s art is unpretentious, humorous (sometimes infused with irony), and spontaneous, and all of this comes out of the truly remarkable ease of the work invested into his paintings, as well as drawings or collages.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(BANE<\/em> (Zagreb: Hamper studio, 2023), introduction by Vanja Babi\u0107, English translation by Tomislav Kuzmanovi\u0107)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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