Petrit Halilaj. Abetare. ChertLüdde

Petrit Halilaj Abetare ChertLüdde

Petrit Halilaj Abetare ChertLüdde at ARCOmadrid what is going to happen is not the future, but what we are going to do Curated Sector by Chus Martínez, Elise Lammer y Rosa Lleó 21st 25th February 2018 For ARCOmadrid 2018, ChertLüdde shows a solo presentation of sculptures by Petrit Halilaj from his Abetare series. Abetare is comprised of enlarged steel versions of engravings made by generations of Kosovarian elementary schoolchildren on their classroom desks. The desks were taken from Primary School Shotë Galica, where Halilaj himself studied. The school was demolished in favor of a new and more modern one in 2010. The work of Halilaj mainly derives from the history of his home country Kosovo and his personal biography. In Abetare, the artist recalls the experience of his childhood and youth, through universal themes such as home, memory and identity. Abetare was displayed for the first time on the occasion of Halilaj s solo exhibition at Kölnischer Kunstverein in April 2015. In 2017, Halilaj continued this project and reproduced more drawings from the tables, which were shown at the Second Edition of the Mario Merz Prize in Turin, where his presentation won the prize. Abetare, 2017 Installation view Mario Merz Foundation, Turin Photos: Renato Ghiazza

Abetare, 2015 Installation view Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln Photos: Simon Vogel

WORKS Presented at ARCOmadrid 2018

Abetare (fook), 2015 Enlarged reproduction of a drawing found on the school tables of the Primary School Shotë Galica in Runik, Kosovo 60 180 20 cm

Abetare (Abstract Cubes), 2017 Overall variable Cube (floor): 47 82 17 cm Cube with lines (wall): 154 110 3 cm

Abetare (Flower and Butterfly), 2017 Overall variable Flower: 34 53 2 cm Butterfly: 67 61 3 cm

Abetare (Flower Pot), 2017 81 42 17 cm

Abetare (Ice cream), 2017 172 83 3 cm Abetare (Punk Boy), 2017 120 200 4 cm

Abetare (UCK), 2015 U: 90 56 2 cm C: 100 44 2 cm K: 78 36 2 cm Abetare (3 meters Table), 2017 Original school tables from the Primary School Shotë Galica in Runik, Kosovo table: 300 130 80 cm steel extension: 300 1 185 cm

Abetare (Eye), 2017 39 49 7 cm Abetare (Elf), 2017 91 60 12 cm Abetare (Geografi), 2015 90 140 cm

Abetare (Broom with Dust Pan), 2015 157 53 cm circle and pole: 68 20 cm

PETRIT HALILAJ (b. 1986 in Kostërrc, Kosovo) lives and works between Berlin, Mantua and Pristina. Petrit Halilaj represented Kosovo for the country s first appearance at the Venice Biennale in 2013. In 2017 he was invited at the 57th Venice Biennale by the curator Christine Macel, where he was awarded the Special Mention by the Jury. In 2017 he was also awarded with the Mario Merz Prize; in 2018 he will consequently present a new project at the Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern (Summer 2018), and at Fondazione Merz, Turin, (Autumn 2018). He attended the Artists and Architects-in-Residence at MAK, Los Angeles, in 2016/2017 and he received the Villa Romana Fellowship in 2014. He is currently attending the 2018 s Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (SARF) in Washington DC. A selection of recent solo shows includes: RU, New Museum, New York, 2017; Space Shuttle in the Garden at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2016; Petrit Halilaj, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, 2015; She fully turning around became terrestrial, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, 2015; Yes but the sea is attached to the earth and it never floats around in space. The stars would turn off and what about my planet? kamel mennour, Paris, 2014; Darling squeeze the button and remove my memory, National Gallery of Kosovo, Pristina, 2014; of course blue effects my way of shitting, Chert, Berlin, 2014; Poisoned by men in need of some love, Wiels, Brussels, 2014; July 14th, Fondation d Enterprise Galeries Lafayette, Paris, 2013; Who does the earth belong to while painting the wind?!, Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, 2012; and Petrit Halilaj, Kunstraum Innsbruck, 2011. He took part in many group exhibitions including: Art and Alphabet, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 2017; An ear, severed, listens, ChertLüdde, 2017; Animality, Marian Goodman Gallery, London, 2016; The Distance of a Day: New in Contemporary Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2016; Triennale Fellbach, Alte Kelter Fellbach, 2016; Par tibi, Roma, nihil ; Palatin Hill, Rome, 2016; Alfred Jarry Archipelago: HA HA, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, 2015; SUPER SUPERSTUDIO, PAC, Padiglione d Arte Contemporanea, Milan, 2015; What s Love Gotta Do With It ; S.A.L.T.S., Switzerland, 2015; Trouble in Paradise, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, 2015; Slip of the Tongue ; curated by Caroline Bourgeois and Danh Vo, Punta della Dogana, Venice, 2015; Shit and Die, Palazzo Cavour, curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Myriam Ben and Marta Papini, Turin, 2014; Fragile Sense of Hope, Telekom Collection, me Collectors Room, Berlin, 2014; Artists Artists, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, 2014; SUPER Visions - Zeichnen und Sein Museum Schloss Moyland, 2013; New Public, Museion, Bolzano, 2013; 30 Künstler/30 Räume, Kunstverein Nürnberg/Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, Nürnberg, 2012; Ostalgia, New Museum, New York, 2012; and the 6th Berlin Biennale (2010). Abetare (Heart with question mark), 2017 80 88 3 cm Public Collections: Centre Pompidou, Musée National d Art Moderne, Paris; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin, Galerie Lafayette, Paris; University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago; Nomas Foundation, Rome; Furstenberg Collection, Donaueschingen; Ettore Fico Foundation, Turin; Sammlung Telekom Deutschland, Lohmar; Colección Jumex, Mexico City; FRAC Champagne Ardenne, Reim; Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf.

PH/S 4623/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare (fook), 2015. Enlarged reproduction of a drawing found on the school tables of the Primary School "Shotë Galica" Runik, Kosovo. 60 180 20 cm PH/S 6023/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare (Abstract Cubes), 2017 Overall variable Cube (floor): 47 82 17 cm Cube with lines (wall): 154 110 3 cm PH/S 6021/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare (Flower and Butterfly), 2017 Overall variable Flower: 34 53 2 cm Butterfly: 67 61 3 cm PH/S 6022/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare (Flower Pot), 2017 81 42 17 cm PH/S 6020/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare (Ice cream), 2017 172 83 3 cm PH/S 5231/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare (Punk Boy), 2017. Enlarged reproduction of a drawing found on the school tables of the Primary School "Shotë Galica" Runik, Kosovo. 120 200 4 cm PH/S 3075/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare (UCK), 2015. U: 90 56 2 cm C: 100 44 2 cm K: 78 36 2 cm

PH/S 5303/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare (3 meters Table), 2017. Enlarged reproduction of a drawing found on the school tables of the Primary School "Shotë Galica" Runik, Kosovo. Original school tables. table: 300 130 80 cm steel extention: 300 1 185 cm PH/S 6017/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare(Eye), 2017 39 49 7 cm PH/S 6019/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare(Elf), 2017 91 60 12 cm PH/S 3078/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare (Geografi), 2015. Enlarged reproduction of a drawing found on the school tables of the Primary School "Shotë Galica" Runik, Kosovo. 90 140 cm PH/S 3072/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare (Broom with Dust Pan), 2015. Enlarged reproduction of a drawing found on the school tables of the Primary School "Shotë Galica" Runik, Kosovo. 157 53 cm circle and pole: 68 20 cm PH/S 6018/U, Petrit Halilaj Abetare(Heart with question mark), 2017 80 88 3 cm