Raša Todosijević awarded at the Venice Biennale
of the UniCredit Venice Award. Dragoljub Rasa Todosijević was born on 2 September 1945, in Belgrade, Serbia. He graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, in 1969. He works and lives in Belgrade, Serbia.

A PAINTER AND AN ART CRITIC
I used to know a handsome painter that had a hole in his head. One could judge, from afar, that the said hole was as wide and as deep as a rifle cartridge. And even though it has never been proved, malicious people say that, as years went by, it grew larger and larger. It won’t go amiss if I casually mention an art critic here, as well. He had, as did the painter, a hole, in the same place, almost of the same proportions. Whenever the two would meet, the holes would, with no visible cause, as if by some mysterious command, just so, simultaneously, on their own accord, start whistling. The painter would then prick his ears up, the critic would too, and they both would, hand in hand, enjoy themselves immensely, listening to their holes whistle on.
Raša Todosijević