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Slavica Janešlieva’s Art: “a fragmentary archaeology of memories”*

Zlatko Teodosievski

The turbulent political and social changes that took place after 1990 in Eastern Europe, including Macedonia, could surely not but be reflected in the art scene as well. Macedonian art — in particular the visual arts — seemed to need such a radical historical upheaval in order to be awakened from the fairly comfortable and, without a doubt, the hibernating sleep known as socialist reality. Or perhaps this was just a generational turning point — a new, young and maturing generation of artists with a different sensibility, with fresh ideas, with an uncompromising faith in their art and (maybe) in their own role in society. more...