BRANKA'S "MYSTICAL MYTHOLOGY"

Through her mystical visions Branka Brmbota Radakovich has placed herself in this our world beyond "rationalistic speculations" - metaphorically, I would say, to challenge by her elevation of this moment the gravitation of "modernity". Such a position is, undoubtedly, quite an unusual challenge, peculiar to a painter caught off his "guard" against the so called "historical postulates", one whose defence mechanism has failed to warn him about the danger of ephemeralization and marginalization in a world where a trendy orientation is a guaranty of success and affirmation, secured by the all-powerful art galleries corporations. Branka stands alone, unsupported by any fashionable trends or attractive neon lights promotion or protective trendy critical reviews, without large sums of money that are being invested in the famous representatives of the actual art. Her only support is her defiant talent, that dissident talent which enables her to resist the conformism of the old and new avantgarde, which has usurped the right to decide about historical "legitimacy". According to the logic of this division on trend followers and others, confirmed also by the powerful trendy critique, Branka has found herself left out in the open, outside of the protective circle of the "trendy crowd", forced to suffer the isolation and hardships of those who refuse to obey the dictate of "historical moment".

Prof. Josip Depolo, Zagreb, 1998

Branka Brmbota Radakovich is one of those rare painters who is equalli skilful in painting landscapes, vistas and portraits, or pure air, light or water. While many would be grateful for just a part of that artistic skill, Branka uses her painting ability only as a basic tool to penetrate into the inner worlds of beings, into the universal and timeless strata uncovering the vast distances of misty, dreamlike landscapes. Her painting seems to follow "metaphysical reflection and clairvoyance" (as De Chirico has put it), although imagination is too weak a term to adequately express the fullnes and power of Radakovich's mythical pictures.

Prof. Lidija Tocilj, Zagreb, 1995