Published by Mousse Publishing. Text by Charles Esche, Gabi Scardi.
The videos, drawings and photographs of Milan-based Albanian artist Adrian Paci (born 1969) highlight the experience of political dictatorship in Albania. The Guardians documents an exhibition of works within the Dominican cloisters in Milan, including a short film about Albanian children tending the graves in an abandoned cemetery.
Published by Silvana Editoriale. Edited with text by Valentina Gensini. Text by Beral Madra, Edi Muka, Stefania Rispoli.
Albanian artist Adrian Paci (born 1967) is often inspired by histories of displacement and migration, including his own immigration in 1997. His project Lights to Serve the Night describes the perpetual transience of man through analogies with water.
Published by Charta/Galleria Ciuica, Modena. Essays by Sara Arrhenius, Amy Smith Stewart, Paola Morsiani, Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Michele Robecchi, Edi Muka, Massimiliano Gioni, Maria Hlavajova, Domenic Eichler and Angela Vettese.
In 1999, at the age of 30, Adrian Paci was among the first artists to represent Albania at the Venice Biennale, this book documents his creative path, from that first international exposure back to Ljubljana's Manifesta and on to shows in Sweden, Italy and Germany, before, in 2005, his return to the Venice Biennale and a solo exhibition at New York's P.S.1. Through videos, drawings and photographs, Paci's work portrays a country in which people--old, exhausted, overwhelmed by domestic worries and traditions--retain, at some cost, a familiar world that protects as it suffocates and isolates. Scenes from the everyday lives of the artist and his family and friends also show the building of new communities, communities that negotiate the ground between a new nomadic life and that dark stability.
PUBLISHER Charta/Galleria Ciuica, Modena
BOOK FORMAT Paperback, 8 x 10 in. / 144 pgs / 89 color and 61 bw.
PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 9/15/2006 No longer our product
DISTRIBUTION D.A.P. Exclusive Catalog: FALL 2006 p. 139
PRODUCT DETAILS ISBN 9788881585922TRADE List Price: $39.95 CDN $50.00
Adrian Paci: Lights to Serve the Night
Adrian Paci