FYROM downtown is the culmination of a photographic journey made in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), now North Macedonia. It is structured in four sections, dedicated to the cities of Tetovo, Kumanovo, Veles and Skopje.
By voluntarily moving away from picturesque or tourist sites, whether natural or with high architectural potential, FYROM downtown presents an unexpected and surprising urban North Macedonia, revealed by a singular look that ventures particularly into the heart of strange, empty or abandoned places. The spaces of reality, yet full of everyday life, are here transformed into axis of abstraction: the elements, lines and textures stemming from physical matter acquire a new meaning and establish graphic representations of an unsuspected aesthetic sense. The combinations of photographs, which compose unprecedented urban facets, participate in the interrogation of the tangible world. The delicate interweaving of these fragmented visions reconstructs a raw and authentic North Macedonia. By transforming a supposed insipid or ordinary reality into photographic landscapes open to contemplation or reflection, FYROM downtown crosses the border of possibilities and subtly builds an immediate transition between everyday reality and contemporary art. Thus, it questions the subject of the transformation of the reality by an artist, who here manifests himself not only as a maker in plastic arts (the one who includes his creation in a material dimension), but especially as a developer-fixer (the one who gives a meaning to reality and proposes it to the subjectivity of the outside world). |
200 pages (6,7" x 8,6")
181 colour photographs (3,5" x 5,3") Contains no actual text, with the exception of an introductory quote (translated into English). BoD Editions - April 2018 Hardcover book Printed on white glossy photo paper 135 lb, FSC® certified Sales : online stores (Amazon, Fnac, etc.) and bookstores ISBN 978-2-3221-1879-3 Ebook Sales : online stores (Amazon, etc.) ISBN 978-2-3220-8839-3 |