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Exhibition of English artist Geoffrey Parr was opened at the end of July. Mr. Parr is a member of the English artistic association “Crazy Goat Art Promotions” which gathers artists from Liverpool, Glasgow, Lancaster ant other northwest British isles cities. Besides that he presents actual tendencies on British art scene Mr. Parr’s works promote almost perfect connection of his ploy and originality. That kind of combination is always valiantly verified. Mr. Parr presented 16 paintings (combine technique on canvas). Also he exhibited oil on canvas named “Serbia”. This one was inspired with his staying in our town last year due to “English Contemporary Artists” group show. In addition to painting Mr. Parr likes to play with plastic so visitors were able to see his 8 objects made form plastic. The whole set attracted a lot of visitors and excited huge publicite. Of course, the show got very pozitive art critics.

The solo exhibition of English artist Michale Walton called “Canvases with the aspect of conciousness” was opened in August in the Studio. His works done with oil on canvase were all painted or finished in Valjevo and all were inspired with his staying in our town and life here. His paintings are full of contrast, with totally opossite motives like order and chaos, science and mithology, black-white and colour, different style mixture like expresionism and pop-art. All of this force the observer to find balance and to ask himself pristine questions like existance, urge and purpose of institiutions and relationships, nature interpretation and the human role in it. This show got very good art critics and very good marks in media. After the preimier in the Studio this show was presented in the “Aviation Galery” in Zemun.

As every summer International Art Studio took place in the city festival “Tesnjar Nights”. For that occasion Studio organized multi-medial evening and showed short movies made by young English artist Lee Cavalier. Movies were accompanged with a music performed by Music School “Zivorad Grbic” Professors Suzana and Snezana Radovanovic. They prepared special music collage for the films which exalted all visitors.

In December Studio continued with the “Children’s Art” festival. Over 110 pupils from 13 primary schools from Valjevo region competed in literature, painting and music art. With the help of donors Studio also printed the newspapers “Children’s Art” where prose texts, poems, interviews with young musicians as well as reproductions of painted works were published. Three last year’s winning paintings were printed as this year’s Christmas cards. The festival was consisted of the afternoon concert in the Art Hall of Cultural Center where talented children presented themselves, then paintings exhibition opening ceremony in the Studio and winners annunciation in all categories. Young painters were evaluated by artists Natalia Bazhenova from Moscow and Josif Vidojkovic from Valjevo as well as national TV RTS jornalist Sladjana Vasiljevic. The best three works were selected to be printed and sold as New Year’s cards next year. Professor and conductor Dragan Vasiljevic, singer and composer Jelena Kovacevic and newspaper “Politika” ’s journalist Budo Novovic judged young solo musicians and instrumentalists. Literature Professor Milena Petrovic, young poetess Biljana Stojic and newspaper “Napred” ‘s journalist Rada Filipovic judged best prose and poetic works. Festival “Children’s Art” gave a great contribution to artistic expression of the youngest citizens and the organizers wish for encouragement and affirmation of children’s art totally came true.

Guests of the Studio in May were Moscow artists: three painters Natalia Bazhenova, Svetlana Prudovskaya and Julia Suhoveckaya, PhD in history Lola Zvonareva and the poet Alexandar Ananichev. They made a performance during their stay and presented painting of these three lady artists which painted their impressions under the lights of reflectors. At the same time Alexandar Aninachev played a guitar and sang Serbian and Russian songs. Valjevo’s actors recited Russian poets’ lyrics dedicated to Serbia. Also, Valjevo poet Ljuba Pjevcevic recited and dedicated to Russia his lyrics inspired with Russian poetry.

At the end of May ten contemporary Russian artists had a show in the Studio called “With Love Without Boundaries”. For two months visitors saw 20 canvases by Moscow academic painters: Jelena Kalistova, Svetlana Prudovskaya, Julia Suhoveckaya, Natalia Bazhenova, Tatjana Spasolomskaya, Mara Daugaviete, Tatjana Rodina, Natalia Adus, Natalia Baranova and Ljuba Deminskaya. This exhibition, as well as the whole project, was inspired with Serbian people and above all with the idea of Serbian poetess Desanka Maksimovic “The man was predestined for love and not for hatred”.

In the middle of September Studio organized and opened the show “Through My Window” by well known American artist Vincent Inconilglios. This exhibition was also his premiere of his work in Europe. The show was a presentation of 28 works which he painted in his studio in Connecticut during 2002 and 2003. Mr. Inconiglios has a prestige agency in New York which works on projects for Philips Electronics, Avon, VNU, Mercedes Benz and other leading world firms. The show attracted lot of visitors and excited huge publiucity.

At the beginning of August the show of two very respectable Mexican young generation artists Iliana Pamanes and Manuel Velasquez was open. It represented 25 works which in the best way described modern Mexican spirit and atmosphere. Both artists had graduated at the University of Fine Art and they now teach at the University of Veracruz. Thanks to the International Art Studio Ms. Iliana was a participant in the international art colony at the monastery Poganovo near Dimitrovgrad. After being guest in Valjevo, both artists were participants in the art colony in Gamzigrad. The show was extremely well accepted by visitors, audience, media and got very good art critics.