26 Sep 2016

From the series Untitled at Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo

FROM THE SERIES UNTITLED
Fani Zguro
Text by Clara Meister
Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo
From September 30 until October 30, 2016

Collegium Artisticum is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Fani Zguro, 'From The Series Untitled' with a text by Clara Meister, from September 30 to October 30, 2016. The exhibition consists in the presentation of the photograph series 'From The Series Untitled' (2015), which starts in 2007. A group of people, standing. Side by side in the good old days. Dressed up for a special occasion. They look into the camera, smile and pose for the photographer who is capturing this presumably important moment for eternity. Their faces are all turned towards the lens, presenting themselves; even the ones who stand in the second row move their heads into position so they can be seen. Yet there is a harsh interruption in this seemingly happy image: a man dressed in dark colors holding a stick and another man in a bright suit with his hands behind his back are withdrawn from view. Someone has carefully ripped out a strip of the photograph from the top, at the level of their heads. Their faces are gone…

Fani Zguro was born in 1977 in Tirana. Lives and works in Tirana, Milan and Berlin. Zguro has studied at Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. In 2008 he won the International Onufri Prize organized by National Gallery of Arts in Tirana and in 2016 he won the International Mulliqi Prize organized by the National Gallery of Kosovo in Prishtina. Zguro is the co-founder of Gallery On The Move (2010) and also the curator of Pipilotti Rist's solo screening at TIFF and Onufri Prize both in Tirana (2016). He has exhibited also at Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, National Museum of Contemporary Art Bucharest, Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Mediterranée Marseille, Filmoteca Espanola Madrid, Docva Careof Milan, 2nd Tirana Biennale, 3rd Mardin Biennale, 4th Young Artists Biennale of Bucharest, Ludwig Museum Budapest, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Public Library New York and Centre Pompidou Paris.

Special thanks to Clara Meister, Anri Sala, Bruno Muzzolini, Sanela Nuhanović