In his work, Zoran
Mušič often drew on ancient non-European cultures, which for him represented a
path toward a more internalized, meditative, “primordial-poetic” mode of
expression in his search for timelessness and the primal nature of humankind.
At the third Revelations
exhibition, we will present a collection of old Indian miniatures that
belonged to Zoran Mušič and was later gifted to his niece, Vanda Mušič Chapman.
The collection consists of ten diverse Indian miniatures on paper, painted in
watercolor and gouache, along with an additional old Japanese woodcut. We do
not know precisely where or how Mušič acquired the Indian collection, but
according to his niece, he had a strong collector’s instinct and an exceptional
respect for this type of East Asian artistic heritage.
We will reveal the
rich iconography and symbolism of the varied Indian motifs and attempt to place
the works stylistically and chronologically within the broader context of
Indian miniature painting.
Author
Kristina Preininger
4 June – 2 September
2026
National Gallery of Slovenia
Prešernova 24
1000 Ljubljana