“I was born in Kosova, I lived in Italy and now I am in the United States. The reality which describes me is a fluctuant one.” He has furnished the waiting room of a police station in Gent like a grand palace; he presented a clandestine Albanian pavilion at the Venice Biennale and has used the Ljubljana train station as if it were a stock exchange selling wishes and hopes to people instead of shares: is #sislejxhafa, an ironic and subversive artist who draws inspiration from the complexity and contradictions of reality, to whom #maxxi devoted a retrospective.
The exhibition comprises about 30 works, spanning his career from the 1990s through to the present, including a new work the artist has created especially for this show. #maxxi is presenting the full range of his artistic output that draws inspiration from the contradictions of contemporary reality.
“Reality is stronger than art. As an artist I do not want to reflect a reality, but I do want to question it.”
The exhibition’s title is taken from the major installation created by the artist in 2000 within the ambit of the #arte all’Arte project in the Casole d’Elsa hills near Siena.
BENVENUTO! #sislejxhafa is a visual journey through the complexity of the modern world in which each work encourages the observer to reflect, both in personal and collective terms, on the social, economic and political phenomena of our world.
2 June 2016 - 2 October 2016
Benvenuto! Sislej Xhafa
Gallery 2
curated by Hou Hanru and Luigia Lonardelli
www.fondazionemaxxi.it
Sislej Xhafa Association in Yellow
1612x2000, 1MB
SislejXhafa Again and Again
2000x857, 2MB
SislejXhafa Benvenuto
2000x1503, 2MB
SislejXhafa CasaSenzaTitolo
2213x3500, 3MB
SislejXhafa DressedTone ph alicia luxem
1100x733, 554KB
SislejXhafa Giuseppe 01
2000x1299, 2MB
SislejXhafa Giuseppe 02
1285x2000, 2MB
SislejXhafa Giuseppe 03
1453x2000, 2MB
SislejXhafa MyGarden 01
2000x1333, 660KB
SislejXhafa MyGarden 02
2000x1125, 197KB
SislejXhafa PadiglioneClandestino
1274x2000, 2MB
SislejXhafa Rocket Ship
3000x2000, 5MB
SislejXhafa Sunshade
1333x2000, 1MB
SislejXhafa This Call May Be Recorded For Quality Service
1333x2000, 2MB
SislejXhafa This Call May Be Recorded For Quality Service detail
1333x2000, 2MB
SislejXhafa Tombino
2000x1982, 2MB
SislejXhafa Looking for a Job
2000x1342, 2MB
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