009

The Turkish bazaar in the Charshi (Marketplace) in Skopje, Macedonia has been around for more than 500 years since the Ottomans. This place is known for its wide array of handicrafts, souvenirs, textiles, fruits and foodstuff. But before the crowd congregated in the early morning, the artist had staked out a strategic corner, depicting the street scene with strong sunlight beating down on the buildings, creating intriguing shadows. Peter Liew has traveled to the art colony in Macedonia seven times since 1996. Here, his favoured long strokes are confidently applied masonry-like and in architectonic geometry, as compared to the Impressionist and studded daubs of his earlier vistas of meadows in Macedonia.