 At the beginning of the 21st century, new momentum is emerging in the media of painting, and contemporary art is marked by the search for inspiration in various styles, movements, and currents of art history, so there are frequent quotes and references within visual art.Croatian contemporary painting is characterized by the pluralism of styles ranging from traditional media relations to multidisciplinarity and the exit from the conventional boundaries of the image.In the nineties, there was no art practice in Croatian painting that would unite the perspectives of active artists, but the influence of the new painting (from the seventies) and the new painting of the eighties dominated.