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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 12 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. |
