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The drawing is an
ancient way of articulating our thoughts and ideas. The primal scream
of the human intelligence, which long before the appearance of the
writing developed as a form of expression. Since then, the drawing and
the human spirit are symbiotic, constantly reflecting upon each other.
Because of it’s ability to eternalize the passing nature of the moment
the drawing has been a unique and irreplaceable way of documenting
various situations, relations, events until the invention of
photography. Many of the contemporary artists who work in the new
media also express themselves by the means of drawing.
Precisely because of the meaning and the beauty of the drawing, one
informal group of young artists initiated this exhibition, which will
include only the works done in this technique. This group is always
open to new members and is bond together by several things: The love
for drawing and the joy with which they draw, the seriousness of the
expression of their ideas and also, their generational closeness. They
are a picture of one generation that acts and develops in the same
context, facing the same day-to-day problems: the lack of criteria, no
roll models, the week authority of the institutions which are required
to promote higher values, isolation, unemployment… Nonetheless, they
still manage to stay up-to-date with the currents of the age, they
follow the contemporary scene and most important of all, they continue
to work! With their deep feel of the age in which they live, their
involvement and dedication are crucial in creating the contemporary
cultural scene of Macedonia. In this case, by the means of the drawing
they attempt to illustrate a part of their daily life, sense of humor,
fantasy, and experiment… This exhibition presents 11 authors. The
treatment of the drawing differs in every one of them. The approach
that they adopt is different: from a classical drawing, experimenting
with the background, drawing with ink, intervention with a drawing on
a ready-made background up to conceptual approach through video
animation. It is important to note that through the basic correlation
between the line and the surface we can get the clearest view of the
character of each and every artist.
The concept of
this exhibition requires that it travel in several cities in Macedonia
with a new artist joining in form every place that it visits thus
enriching its body of work. None the less the core of this group is
made of 10 artists form Skopje: Gorge Jovanovic, Matej Bogdanovski,
Bojan Tikvarovski, Vladimir Lukas, Slagana Bogeska, Ana Androska,
Nenad Gorgievic, Hristina Ivanovska, Antonio Dimitrov and Ljubisa
Kamnjarov. The first one to join was Metodi Angelov from Negotino. The
goal is to recognize and present the artists from many cities in
Macedonia that practice drawing. The final result of this project
should be one large exhibition held in Skopje, that will give a clear
view in to the works of many authors who think and express them self
by drawing. |
