THE WALL PAINTING IN THE RTV SLOVENIJA, REGIONAL CENTER...
THE WALL PAINTING IN THE RTV SLOVENIJA, REGIONAL CENTER MARIBOR
Academically-trained painter and children’s book illustrator Janez Vidic created interior wall paintings for several clients in the Štajerska region. In 1985 he created a scratch piece in the interior of today’s regional Radio and Television Centre (RTV) near Pekrska gorca, where at the time Radio Maribor started to broadcast.
The design gives the appearance of a divided space - an illuminated interior and the dark outside world. A girl is gazing through a window and observing events from a safe and sunlit shelter. Unfolding in front of her is a curious night scene with a bat, carnival figure (kurent), rooster and several other objects. The wall painting is characterised by intricate drawing, which is most noticeable in the various patterns used to fill previously empty surfaces. The scratch piece gives the impression of a puzzle or a mosaic, and is in parts reminiscent of painted beehive panels. In his work Vidic regularly included motifs that were rooted in Slovenian folklore. Most frequent are depictions of roosters, bouquets of flowers and vernacular clocks. With the selected motifs the artist adapted the composition’s content to the users of the space who are engaged in the field of culture.
(Nike Duh, in the framework of the Creative Path to Knowledge project, Virtual guide; The investment is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union from the European Social Fund
