Untitled 

Here we see an undated painting by Omer Mujadžić, depicting a scene shrouded in a melancholic blue, where figures and objects emerge from the gloom. The most striking symbol is the portrait, itself incomplete, leaning against the wall, echoing the unfinished nature of memory and the passage of time. We see this motif across eras – consider the Roman tradition of ancestor portraits, imagines maiorum, which sought to immortalize lineage and virtue. Yet, here, the hazy, spectral quality suggests a fading connection to the past. The muted palette evokes a dreamlike state, a realm of the subconscious where personal and collective memories intertwine. This blurring of reality and memory echoes in the works of artists like Caspar David Friedrich, who also used landscapes to evoke deep emotional states. The painting thus becomes a meditation on loss, remembrance, and the enduring power of images to haunt our present.