Anri Sala

Anri Sala

Anri Sala at MACBA Barcelona
Born Anri Sala
1974 (1974)
Tirana, Albania
Nationality Albanian

Anri Sala (born 1974) is an Albanian contemporary artist whose primary medium is video.

Life and career

Sala studied art at the Albanian Academy of Arts from 1992 to 1996. He also studied video at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris and film direction in Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing. He lives and works in Paris.

Sala's video installation Dammi i colori ("Give me the colors") was on display at Tate Modern in London. The installation reflects on the transformation of Tirana in 2003 by means of colors. The installation includes a conversation with Tirana's mayor, Edi Rama, a personal friend of the artist's and the force behind this transformation. Sala will participate in ROUNDTABLE: The 9th Gwangju Biennale (2012).[1]

Answer Me (2008) was filmed in a Buckminster Fuller-inspired geodesic dome in Berlin, a former NSA surveillance tower, which was constructed on the Teufelsberg (Devil's Mountain).[2]

He represented France at the Venice Biennale in 2013.

Sala presented Le Clash (2010), Tlatelolco Clash (2011) and Doldrum (2014) as a mixed installation in Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, and in November 2014 he won the Vincent Award.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2016

2013

2011

2005

2004

2003

2002

2000

2001

2002

Group Exhibitions

2009

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1997

1995

Short films

1999

1998

Recognition and awards

See also

References

  1. http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/roundtable-announces-participants/
  2. Anri Sala: Purchase Not By Moonlight, May 6 - June 20, 2009 Marian Goodman, New York.
  3. Anri Sala exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries 2011
  4. "Anri Sala Beirut Art Center". Nafas Art Magazine, Universes in Universe. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  5. "TWA Terminal Named as One of the Nation’s Most Endangered Places". Municipal Art Society New York, February 9th, 2004.
  6. 1 2 "A Review of a Show You Cannot See". Designobvserver.com, Tom Vanderbilt, January 14, 2005.
  7. 1 2 3 "Now Boarding: Destination, JFK". The Architects Newspaper, September 21, 2004.
  8. "Art Exhibition at JFK Airport's TWA Terminal Abruptly Shut Down". Architectural Record, John E. Czarnecki,, October 11, 2004.
  9. Anri Sala Marian Goodman Gallery.

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