On 29.03.2005. in the Museum of Tetovo region in Tetovo, the fifth opening of the group exhibition entitled "Crtez-'Rtez (Sk_Mk, new tendencies) took place. The exhibition is part of “Confluent Margins” project. This project is supported by the Swiss cultural programme-Macedonia.

from Elena Veljanovska review

The drawing is an ancient way of articulating our thoughts and ideas, the primal emergence 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. Perhaps, because of it’s ability to eternalize the passing nature of the moment the drawing has been a unique and ireplacible way of documenting various situations, relations, events… until the invention of photography.
It is natural that even today the drawing is a basic pictorial technique that spreads its influence towards animation and other more complex (even hybrid) forms of expression, which is a growing trend in the art today.
Precisely because of the meaning, importance and the current relevance of the drawing, one informal group of young artists initiated this exhibition which will include only their works 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… None the less, they still ménage 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, experiment… This exhibition presents 19 artists. 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. The different artistic approach serves only as further argument for the variety of ways and contexts in which the drawing can manifest it self.
The very title of this exhibition (as well as it’s subtitle) also alludes on the variety, the openness and the potential of the drawing as a medium.


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