The exhibition is conceptualised as a synthesis of the artistic practices of two artists working in parallel on the contemporary art scene of the Republic of Srpska for a decade now, and it provides an insight into the positions of contemporary local painting.

This exhibition showcases the works of Slobodan Vidović and Radoslav Tadić, singled out as artists who have, for years now, consistently formulated and used the language of painting, succeeding in being continuously present and regularly exhibiting in local and regional art shows.

A parallel analysis of the developmental paths of the two artists’ oeuvres reveals a tendency for expression that is unique and largely abstract, and which forms the basis for exploring their distinct and quite often contrasting artistic positions. The artists’ sensitivity, imagination, and psychological and emotional attributes on the one hand, and their propensity toward analytical examination of the nature of painting and its constituent formal language elements on the other, are the key elements of their creative processes.

The exhibition came from the need to point out the constancy of specific painting poetics on the contemporary art scene in the Republic of Srpska over the last ten years, by locating and defining their key positions in relation to the latest theoretical and critical postulates. Both artists will present their new series of works, most of which are to be exhibited for the first time.