On 04.02. 2005. in Stumica, in the Center of Culture "Anton Panov" the group exhibition of drawning, "Crtez-'Rtez (Sk_Mk, new tendencies)" had it's fourth staging. The group already has 19 young authors who joined. On the staging in Strumica the local artist Vane Kosturanov also joined this travelling event. The exhibition is part of the "Confluent Margins" project supported by Swiss Cultural Programme Macedonia and has already been hosted in Gevgelija, Kavadarci and Negotino.

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.