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The Road of Hope in
Color, is an exhibition that has been created to motivate, to avoid the
trance, to give hope and comfort the soul, reminding us that "life does not only mean to
exist, but to exist and create, to know how to enjoy and suffer and not to sleep without
dreaming ..."
The Road of Hope in Color,
as many of the initiatives related to cancer, begins from personal experience, the need to find in
art an ally in this journey that begins with the diagnosis and leads us down a path of self
discovery , fear, challenge, response to how ignorant we are and how many prejudices we have
regarding this disease: but, more importantly, this is a testimony that the effort and the
dedication of a person can generate a greater work and that without distinction of culture, race or
geographical distance, human beings are equal, we are connected, and together we are able to
provide hope ...
"If I help one person to have hope, I shall not live in vain" (Martin Luther King)
The Road of Hope in Color, consists of 24 oil
paintings on canvas, 12 of which were painted from February to August 2011 over the treatment of
six sessions of chemotherapy of a patient diagnosed with cancer in December 2010, prof. Mrs. Dora
Formas. In addition, this initiative is being supported by two renowned Macedonian artists: Tome
Mishev and Chendo who contributed 6 works each created especially for this exhibition, in order to
enrich the artistic value of it.
This collection is a tribute to woman as a symbol of fertility, creative force, beauty, harmony and
spiritual strength; it is of a depth and complexity exquisite, expressing theology, mythology and
how they confuse each other to this day; it encourages reflection and perhaps a metaphysical
concept along with other philosophical disquisitions. The
Road of Hope in Color is a masterful expression of love for life. Each work
reflects the symbolism of life, death and resurrection, spiritual peace, the Eucharist and the hope
for renewal of faith.
(WHO: Cancer is a major cause of
mortality and the total number of cases is increasing worldwide. It is expected that
worldwide, cancer mortality will increase by 45% between 2007 and 2030 (from 7.9milion to
11.5 million deaths). It is estimated that during the same period the number of new cancer
cases will increase from 11.3 million in 2007 to 15.5 million in
2030)
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