Skice i slike Dalmacije

The new exhibition titled "Sketches and Paintings of Dalmatia" by Davisi will be held at the City Library Marko Marulić in Split from June 24 to July 11, 2025. It features a collection of sketches and paintings created in and around Split.

Here is the extract from the exhibition catalogue

Sketches and Paintings of Dalmatia

spaces and emotions

o Davisi Boontharm always says that she has fallen in love with Split at first sight . . . in 2011

o true urbanists like her sense urbanity . . . they can feel the very quality which makes cities – cities

o both as an artist and an urbanist, Davisi has felt unique urbanity of Split, also finding her own Split there

o Split was accepting her gradually, in waves and expanding circles, starting from the family which she has joined . . . Zdenka, Joza, Mladja, Minja, Boris, Siniša, Tina, Ela, Dora, Toma . . . to the neighbours in nearby cafes, shops and, above all, at her first beach here, the modest yet fascinatingly authentic Gusar 

o that journey from shy, cautious sideway glances, to shy smiles, the nods of acceptance, small talk and immersions helped her discover what felt like her own places, first in Split and then across Dalmatia

o in summer 2012 her first exhibition in Split was organised at the third floor of Diocletian’s Kula, staged in her original, performative impromptu format as part of the Split Case Workshop (organised by FAGG Split, Institute for Cultural Heritage, Split, and Keio University, Tokyo) . . .  Davisi has exhibited her drawings and paintings in places ranging from tiny Bol to the megalopolis of Tokyo . . .  in all of those Split and Dalmatia held a prominent place

o Davisi Boontharm’s art explores various techniques and formats . . .  her paintings and drawings range from seemingly modest “postcard” watercolours to large formats, and Japanese orihon (accordion-like) books, an ancient yet uncommon form which challenges the notion of size . . . some of those are exhibited here, in for an artist, who is also an international academic and urbanist the right place – in the Library

  Darko Radović

  20.06.2025.