Ana Krleza

Biography

I like to work with hands, to feal material. Motivs are 3 dimensional or relief. commenced with rice paper, using it in a complex combination of various kinds of paint and applications. By the means of crushing, kasiranje (the process of dipping paper into glue and arranging it in many layers), and painting of paper on a hard surface, a genuine atmosphere of an old piece of art is invoked. Sometimes realistic, sometimes stylized, the paintings od these ships are firmly linked with their authentic historical counterparts.
The masks relief paintings, assemblage-objects. Without reference or historical background. The author's experience of the mask emerges exclusively from its picturesque aspect which is why the mask is
built of diverse materials, the basis being rice paper.