Bik

” … Iz široke nozdre
Para mu bije…”

Takav kakav je, “Bik” je i sušta realnost (živa umjetnost) i više od realnosti (nadrealnost) pa čak i fantastika! Poklonik hiperrealizma bi tu našao ponešto i za sebe, kao što je ono čudesno nabiranje kože i kovrdžanje dlake na vratu.
Poučen tom prirodnom sponom kamena i kori-jenja ovih drevnih dubova iz zavičaja u još nekim djelima (“Rađanje”, “Glava slona”, “Lav”) i sam ih je spajao, razvijajući, zatim, na novoj cjelini čarobnu fantaziju reljefne dekoracije, kao na “Pužu” iz 1975. godine. Prema tome, Bokić je i klasičan i moderan u isti mah i, najmanje, dvostruko aktuelan. Okrenut prirodi (u vrijeme kada je mnogo “civilizovanog” svijeta bezumno okrenuto od nje) on u njoj nalazi i aktuelnost trenutka u umjetnosti, i modu u svijetu. “

Miloš Radić,
istoričar umjetnosti, iz kataloga 1980.

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“… From gaping nostrils
Steam explodes…”

Such as it is, “Bull” is pure reality (living art) and more than reality (surrealisam) and even fantasy! A disciple of hyperrealisam would also find something in this work, such as the marwelous wrinkled hide and curly hair of the neck.
Instructed by that natural bond between stone and roots of the ancient oaks of his native region, in certain other works (“Birth”, “Elephant’s Head”, “Lion”) he has joined them himself, thus developing, in new entities, a marvelous fantasy of relief decoration, as in “Snail” from the year 1975.
Bokic, therefore, is both classical and modern at the same time and, at least, doubly of this time. Turned towards nature (at a time when much of the “civilized” world has senselessly turned its back on it), he finds there both the actuality of the artistic moment and fashion in the world.”

Miloš Radić,
Art Historian, 1980.