Tocka

Exhibition by Mile Nichevski - Notes from the Newsagent's
 

From Maja Cankulovska review...

The exhibition consists of over 90 drawings, made in the period between 1996 - 2004, mainly on paper, in which the author uses several techniques: pen, pencil, ink, felt-tip pen, and part of them are collages. Some of these drawings are already published, and the latest are connected to the cycle started in 1996.
Mile Nichevski's characteristic expression is based on the use of pure line, free from extra encumbrance, which is in relation to his graphic education and experience as an illustrator of comics. As the title of the exhibition points out, drawings are inspired from certain conditions-fragments from the reality as shown in mass-media, which results with specific narativity in his works. Although each drawing explicitly presents certain conditions, still there is no distinctive schedule of the narration, but dada principle of coincidence in composing the parts.
Mile Nichevski's characters are dominantly children naively posing for photographing juxtaposed opposite sadistic scenes with absurd naive children's drawings. Suggested is the simplicity of illustrations for children, scenes from TV and magazines, enriched with commercial notes of incestuous, everyday dictators (politicians, pop-stars, fashion icons...).
The critical model in these drawings refers to Dadaistic and surrealistic models of subversivity, anti-artistic and critical examination and representation of dominant cultural and society norms, institutions and values. The author plays with society, political, national, religious groups, with everything that is allowed and suppressed, positioned contrary to taboos and repress of different dictators.
Drawings are consisted of merged contradictory situations and deconstructed narrations, with subconsciousness representations and uncovered sexuality in presenting artistic, ideological and theoretical controversies, paradoxes and misconceptions in contemporary culture. The author, in extremely cynical way, makes demystification of the myths and the ideological limitations, different myths from the culture, history and everyday life; and bases his images on irony and quotations, or irony in quotations. The main intention of Mile Nichevski's works is parody and ironical discussion of the normative interpretative regime, courageously making fun of the collective spirit, even with fetishes of the mega cultures ('Homage to Egon Shile', antique sculpture, medieval illustrations, Bosh, Lichtenstein...).


Mile Nichevski

Born 1972 in Gevgelija (Macedonia). Graduated 1998 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Skopje, pedagogy departmant, printing section, in the class of prof. Kostadin Tanchev Dinka. Between 1993-1999 publishes comics and drawings in LIFT and MARGINA magazines. Participated on many grupni exhibitions and colonies in the country. Lives and worls in Gevgelija.

Address: R.Zinzifov No. 8, 1480 Gevgelija, Macedonia
tel.: ++389 (0)34 216 891
e-mail: mnice@freemail.org.mk

Solo exhibitions and projects:

2004     News from the Newsagent's, TOCKA Cultural center, Skopje;
            Paintings, Cultural Center, Vinica;

2002     Teatar na senki, director of the drama "Saloma", by O.Wilde, Cultural Center -Kochani, Cultural Center - Gevgelija;

2001     Paintings, Cultural Center, Valandovo;
            Paintings, Cultural Center, Ohrid;
            Drawings, paintings, photography, MARGINA Magazine, Skopje;

2000     Works on paper, Schegom, Wroclaw (Poland);
            Drawings and prints, Cultural Center - Gevgelija;

1993     Drawings, caffe-bar Piano, Gevgelija;

1986     Paintings, Pioneer's Center, Gevgelija.

Group exhibitions (selection):

2003     Artist-In-Residence and exhibition (works on paper), Centar for Tracian Culture and Art, Xanti, Greece. Permanent exhibition with these works in Xanti Hospital;

2002     Biennial of young artists (classical media), Cultural Center, Gevgelija;

2001     Comics in LIFT - Macedonian comics in movement 2000/200, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje. (Strumica, Gevgelija, Bitola, Prilep,...).