ADEL ABDESSEMED
Third Room: SISLEJ XHAFA
Ausstellungsdauer Duration 07.05.2008 – 02.08.2008
ADEL ABDESSEMED
mehr Licht, 2008
Neon Installation
360 x 450 cm
ADEL ABDESSEMED
geboren in Constantine, Algerien 1971, lebt und arbeitet in Paris.
Adel Abdessemed's art work is a marriage made not in heaven, but in the grit and gravel of solid earth. It is one that weds violence, destruction, and anxiety with formal elegance and biting wit. For Abdessemed, a union "until death do us part" is inaccurate since his work is a bond created at the brink of death. This theme is clearly not uncharted artistic ground, but Abdessemed’s engagement with such provocative subject matter is unlike any other artist working in France or elsewhere.
(zit. nach Alanna Heiss, director of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center New York, 2007)
Third Room: SISLEJ XHAFA
geboren in Peja, Kosovo 1970, lebt und arbeitet in New York.
Sislej Xhafa ist bekannt für die künstlerische Erforschung von sozialen, wirtschaftlichen und politischen Realitäten, die mit verschiedenen komplexen Ebenen der heutigen Gesellschaft verbunden sind. Xhafas Arbeiten sind minimalistisch, aber auch ironisch und subversiv. Er arbeitet in verschiedenen Medien; Skulptur, Zeichnung, Performance und Fotografie. Der Betrachter wird herausfgefordert, die Symptome und die Brüche der globalen Gesellschaft zu erkennen.
Für seine erste Einzelausstellung in Österreich, „sadnesssurge“, hat
Sislej Xhafa drei Arbeiten entwickelt:
Honey and stairs, 2008
Holz, Honig, Metall
350 x 140 x 100 (h) cm
White corner, 2008
Höhe 300 cm
mixed media: Acryl, Holz, Leinwand, Papier
Keinen Müll deponieren, 2008
Acryl auf Leinwand
50 x 40 cm
ADEL ABDESSEMED
born in Constantine, Algeria in 1971, lives and works in Paris.
Adel Abdessemed's art work is a marriage made not in heaven, but in the grit and gravel of solid earth. It is one that weds violence, destruction, and anxiety with formal elegance and biting wit. For Abdessemed, a union "until death do us part" is inaccurate since his work is a bond created at the brink of death. This theme is clearly not uncharted artistic ground, but Abdessemed’s engagement with such provocative subject matter is unlike any other artist working in France or elsewhere.
(quot. after Alanna Heiss, director of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center New York, 2007)
Third Room: SISLEJ XHAFA
born in Peja, Kosova in 1970, lives and works in New York.
Sislej Xhafa is known for his artistic investigation into the social, economical and political realities associated with the various complexities of modern society, such as tourism and forced illegality. Xhafa's works are minimal, as well as ironic and subversive. He operates in various media, from sculpture and drawing to performance and photography. His works aim to challenge viewers to recognize the symptoms and cracks of contemporary global society.
For his first solo exhibition in Austria, „sadnesssurge“, Sislej
Xhafa developed three new works:
Honey and stairs, 2008
Wood, honey, metal
350 x 140 x 100 (h) cm
White corner, 2008
300 cm height
mixed media: acrylic, wood, canvas
Keinen Müll deponieren, 2008
acrylic on canvas
50 x 40 cm
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