By giving animals the characteristics of a person to send the message more clearly, Rade Tepavcevic’s paintings can be interpreted as fabels and in this way, he allegorically paints the relationship between people and animals (dogs).

Sometimes, the text occures on the paintings and the form of the text is often concise in ofer to establish dynamics, but also purified from the superfluous words that would distance it from the essence. As the observer of his everyday surrounding, Rade is using the painting expression and selection of the material to reveal his rebellion that is used to criticize contemporary society. His paintings invite us to wake up and overcome the mechanisms that threaten to swallow rational thought, the mechanisms that mark us as tattoos.

Rade Tepavčević has completed his Bachelor degree on Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. He finished his MA studies on the same Academy in 2019. Since 2014 he has been active in numerous group and solo exhibitions. He has received several awards for his work in the field of fine and applied arts. He attended a residency at the Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Austria, mentored by Paulina Olowska. In adittion to painting, he is working in the field of illustration and design. He is currently employed at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad.