Dream

A stylised figural presentation; multiplied standing male figures given en face, with similar facial physiognomies, hair styles and clothes. In the lower part of the painting, animal and anthropic-zoomorphic motifs are given in profile and en face (four-legged creatures with long tails and human faces), behind which three standing male figures are presented en face in the middle of the painting. Each of round medallions on their breasts has a letter in Cyrillic alphabet (S-A-N). A pronounced black contour; the bright yellow background. That strange, black man, as they used to call him because he permanently wore black, drew attention like unpleasant conscience, a personification of an outcast, a betrayed, while his anthropomorphic and zoomorphic forms exuberated under the radiation of human animosity. Strong linearism of hallucinate, multiplied texture without a beginning and an end creates unique atmosphere where the powerful presence of the artist’s sensuality and agony is felt. Tubular forms of organic ornaments create unique arabesques abundant with optical effects, either pulling the form deep, or drawing it from a flat surface. Jakić used allegory, a symbol and a metaphor as a means of contemplation. He most often worked in Indian ink, felt pen and less frequently used colour, pastel or gouache. In addition to drawing, he wrote a conclusion as a supplementary media in order to emphasize his observation with the use of a written text (N. Krstić).