The Arts Academy in Split and the University Gallery in Split are pleased to invite you to the opening of the final exhibition Digital Pigment, which will take place on Wednesday, 15 October at 7:00 PM at the University Gallery, Ruđera Boškovića 31, Split.
The international exhibition Digital Pigment presents works by students and their mentors from five countries:
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Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Hungary
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Arts Academy in Split, Croatia
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Faculty of Fine Arts Cetinje, Montenegro
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University of Rzeszów, Poland
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Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
Digital Pigment
Digital media are not just new tools — they are catalysts that change the way we think, feel, and create. Art, which has conveyed stories and shaped visions for millennia, now encounters new forms of expression. While content remains timeless, form is fluid — evolving with technology, society, and perception.
As Marshall McLuhan noted: the medium is the message. The way we communicate shapes our experience of reality. Digital tools, data visualizations, and intuitive design provide wide accessibility while redefining our perception of space, time, and the environment we inhabit. In this context, digital painting is not merely a technical innovation but a philosophical and aesthetic shift.
The exhibition brings together works on the boundary between analog and digital, questioning the medium, illusion, and the very nature of creation. Artists approach painting as a reflective process — one that not only depicts but also reveals. Their works evoke the spirit of trompe l’oeil, Malevich’s abstraction, and Duchamp’s critique of the medium, all within a new digital context.
The stakes are high: through art, we explore alternative ways of being and new dimensions of reality. The digital medium is not the end of tradition but its transformation — it does not erase the past but reinterprets it.
Students from the Arts Academy in Split:
Katja Atlagić, Josipa Bebić, Nikolina Ćuk, Ida Bugarić Đuka, Mihael Frančić, Zvonimir Roko, Kristijan Vrdoljak, Leana Žitko
Exhibition concept: Dr. Dániel Horváth, Assoc. Prof. of Art – Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Hungary
Organization: Vedran Perkov, Assoc. Prof. of Art – Department of Painting, Arts Academy in Split
The exhibition will be open until 29 October 2025, on weekdays from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Free admission. We look forward to seeing you!
