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Xhafa 2006

March 31, 2006- April 29, 2006

Sislej Xhafa

Yvon Lambert Gallery

550 W 21st St
Yvon Lambert New York is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition at the gallery of artist Sislej Xhafa, titled when Mac goes black. The exhibition addresses the unity, diversity, and complexity of the world economy and the human condition. It also explores how our universe can result in both irony and hard reality. In when Mac goes black, Sislej Xhafa presents a sculpture that creates a mental friction for the viewer, raising important questions while creating harmony between the human presence in the gallery and its identity as a space for art. The exhibition underlines the powerful psychological states of melancholy and lightness, twin aspects that characterize Xhafa’s work, and also celebrates the everyday heroism in basic every day life. Filled with irony, Xhafa’s work possesses a knowing but secret rhythm. Glancing toward a psychological interior, the artist imitates the deep balance between the inner and outer dimensions of our society.

Born in 1970 in Peja, Kosova, and now based in New York, Sislej Xhafa is known for his artistic investigations into the social, economical and political realities associated with the complexities of modern society, such as global tourism and forced illegality. Xhafa’s works are minimal, as well as subversive. He operates in various media, from sculpture and drawing to performance and photography. His works challenge viewers to recognize the shifts and cracks in contemporary global society. Xhafa has exhibited widely, including at the Manifesta III, Ljubljana (2000) S.M.A.K. Over the Edges, Gent (2000), Istanbul Biennial, Egofugal, Istanbul (2001), PS1/MOMA, Uniform, New York (2001), Tirana Biennale, Tirana (2001 e 2003), Kunsthalle Bern, Project Room, Bern (2001), Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju (2002), Museum of Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel (2003), Twice Upon a Time, Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Rome (2003), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2003), The Renaissance Society, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Tate Modern, London, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, New Video, New Europe (2004), I Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Fundación BIACS, Sevilla La alegria de mis sueños (2004), Fundació Œla Caixa‚ la Sala Montcada, Miedo Total, Barcelona (2004), SHUGOARTS, Tokyo Summer Show (2005), GAMeC Galleria d‚Arte Moderna e Contemporanea e di Bergamo WAR IS OVER 1945 ˆ 2005 la Libertà dell‚arte (2005), Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA First We Take Museums, Helsinki (2005), Biennale of Venice (1997,1999 and 2005), Performa05, New York (2005).

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