- Created in 1975, the oil painting “Salamanders” is part of the “Contemporaries” collection and represents one of Janković Jale’s most enigmatic works.
- The central composition is dominated by three monumental female figures, resembling priestesses or participants in a ritual ceremony.
- The women stand knee-deep in water, calm and motionless, reinforcing the painting’s ritualistic atmosphere.
- Behind them rise bare tree trunks, adding to the sense of isolation and symbolic space.
- Their gazes are directed upward, suggesting silent prayer or anticipation.
- The figures are characterized by abundant forms, long slicked-back hair, pronounced cheekbones, and the absence of lips, which intensifies their mute presence.
- In their hands they hold small, strange figures whose faces are reduced to open mouths, implying a scream, cry, or call.
- The dominant green palette enhances the mystical tone, leaving the painting’s ultimate meaning deliberately unresolved.
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