Ambient installation Fra Didak’s Signpost to Salvation (Adoration of St Domnius) by visual artist Matko Trebotić, will be exhibited in the Chapel of St Arniro, co-patron saint of the city of Split, ahead of the Feast of St Domnius. The artist approaches the celebration of the city’s patron saint on a symbolic level, opting for a simple solution with a universal echo, the Greek cross, which points to the dual symbolism of the cross inherited from the advent of Christianity and the first persecution of Christians, martyrdom and holiness, referring to the Salonitan martyred Bishop St Domnius and the Herzegovinian benefactor Fra Didak Buntić. Matko Trebotić, who even after half a century of continuous work shows no signs of lacking either will, inspiration or stamina, has recently shown this new work for the first time and has won first prize in the competition marking the centennial anniversary of Fra Didak Buntić’s death, which is going to be commemorated with an exhibition at the Franciscan Museum and Gallery in Široki Brijeg.
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