Gruda (Clod): The Listener

Five-panel woodcut from 2022. "Gruda" is the South Slavic word for clod or lump of earth, paired with the subtitle "The Listener." The juxtaposition of an earth-bound elemental noun with an attentive human role is characteristic of Poskovic's titling, which sets concrete South Slavic vocabulary against quasi-poetic English subtitles. The five-panel polyptych format produces an unusually wide horizontal field, accommodating either an expansive landscape or a sequential narrative read across the five matrices. Polyptych woodcuts at this scale require coordinated registration across all blocks and typically employ overprinting and gradient passages to unify the field, with the visible joints between panels contributing to the work's architectural reading. The "Listener" subtitle implies a single observing figure or presence integrated within the broader earth-themed composition. The work belongs to a recurring series of large polyptych woodcuts in which South Slavic noun titles function as motifs across multiple compositions, placing Poskovic's practice in dialogue with both medieval European altarpiece structure and East Asian screen traditions.