Underskog

Adrian Paci (b. 1969, Albania) lives and works in Milan, Italy. The artist writes,

“The state of transit interests me in my work. There are subjects that are more exposed to this state of transit, just as there are times in life where this state is more intense, so my work concentrates on those subjects and on those times. In any case, as an artist I am always interested in how the flow of life takes shape in the work by entering the inner folds of expression without making it simply an illustrated subject.”

Paci’s works have been shown around the world and solo exhibitions include Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea (Milan), Jeu de Paume (Paris), National Gallery of Kosovo (Prishtina), Peter Kilchmann (Zurich), Galeria e Arteve Shkoder (Shkoder), Bloomberg Space (London), Istanbul Modern (Istanbul), Peter Blum (NY), and PS1 MoMA (NY). Most recently in Norway, he was part of Unfinished Journeys at Museet for samtidskunst (Oslo), curated by Sabrina van der Ley. Some of the upcoming solo exhibitions in 2014 also include Röda Sten Konsthall (Göteborg) and Trondheim Kunstmuseum (Trondheim).

Image: courtesy of the artist, KAUFMANN REPETTO, Milan
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Program includes:
16/9 Maja Hammarén, 23/9 Sabrina van der Ley, 30/9 Steffen Håndlykken & Stian Eide Kluge, 7/10 Bera Nordal, 14/10 Mike Sperlinger, 21/10 Martinka Bobrikova & Oscar De Carmen, 28/10 Ingrid Hjertaker, 11/11 Guy Mannes-Abbott, 18/11 Arnd Schneider, 25/11 Jon Rafman, 2/12 Simon O`Sullivan

Please join us at Kunstnernes Hus, Wergelandsvein 17, every Monday at 19.00. The program is free and runs in English. Open Forum is a student initiative conceived in 1999 and is supported by the Academy of Fine Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts.