Anri Sala
Anri Sala | |
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 Anri Sala at MACBA Barcelona | |
| Born | Anri Sala 1974 (age 49–50) |
| Nationality | Albanian |
Anri Sala (born 1974) is an Albanian contemporary artist whose primary medium is video.
Life and career
[edit]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.
He is in a relationship with Rosario, Princess of Preslav.[3][4]
Short films
[edit]1999
- Quelle histoire? (Mirage Illimité), Paris
- Nocturnes (Le Fresnoy), Tourcoing. Selected at the Rencontres cinématographiques, Tourcoing (1999); selected at the Short Film Festival, Clermont Ferrand (2000)
1998
- Intervista - finding the words (Ideale Audience, ENSAD), Paris. Best Film Award, Estavar Video Festival, Estavar. Best Documentary Film Award, Entrevues Festival, Belfort. Best Short Film Award, Amascultura Festival, Portugal. Best Documentary Film Award, International Documentary Film Festival, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1999). Best Documentary Film Award, Filmfest 2000, Tirana
Recognition and awards
[edit]- Vincent Award (2014)
- Absolut Art Award (2011)
- Young Artist Prize at the 49th Venice Biennale (2001)
- Prix Gilles Dusein, Paris (2000)
- Best Documentary Film Award from the Filmfest in Tirana (2000)
- International Film Festival in Santiago de Compostela (1999).[5]
- Hugo Boss Prize (2002)
Essential bibliography
[edit]- Mark Godfrey, "1000 words: Anri Sala", Artforum, New York, April (2015)
- Christine Macel, "Anri Sala - Ravel Ravel Unravel", Venice Biennale (2013)
- Christopher Mooney, "Anri Sala", Art Review, London, Summer (2013)
- Michael Fried, Joshua Simon, "Anri Sala", Serpentine Gallery, London (2011)
- Hans Ulrich Obrist, Mark Godfrey, Liam Gillick, "Anri Sala", Phaidon, London (2006)
- Lynne Cooke, Mark Godfrey, Jan Verwoert, "Anri Sala", Parkett, Zurich (2005)
- Massimiliano Gioni, Michele Robecchi, "Anri Sala: Unfinished Histories", Flash Art, Milan, no. 219, July–September (2001)
- Laurence Bosse, Hans Ulrich Obrist, "Anri Sala: When the Night Calls", Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1999)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ROUNDTABLE announces participants".
- ^ Anri Sala: Purchase Not By Moonlight, May 6 - June 20, 2009 Archived March 25, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Marian Goodman, New York.
- ^ "Íntima de Mette-Marit y Paltrow: Rosario Nadal, los 50 años de la dama más enigmática". 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Los Cortina, Rosario Nadal y Miriam Ungría, ¿'víctimas' del Brexit? - Informalia.es".
- ^ Anri Sala Marian Goodman Gallery.
External links
[edit]- An Award Winning Clash (11/2015)
- No Formula One No Cry at The Promenade Gallery: Anri Sala
- Hauser & Wirth: Anri Sala
- frieze review (04/2008)
- Artforum review (06/2004)
- Article
- Anri Sala in the Video Data Bank
- ICP: Anri Sala (01/2008)
- Anri Sala: A Spurious Emission / MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Video at VernissageTV.
- ANRI SALA on re-title.com
- Anri Sala at Fondazione Nicola Trussardi
- Anri Sala at Johnen Galerie, Berlin
- Anri Sala at culturebase.net
- Brooklyn Rail article (11/2011)
- Music before language. An interview with Anri Sala Video by Louisiana Channel
- Anri Sala exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries 2011
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