Conceptual French artist Sa.dane Afif (b. 1970), noted within the international art scene, adapts the art of commission as a key strategy in producing, mediating and expanding art. When Afif was awarded the prestigious Gu?nther- Peill Prize, he traveled to the town Du?ren, in North Rhine-Westphalia, using its location to reflect on the idea of Here (Ici) and There (L-bas). He brought the towns train station lights, loudspeakers and platform announcements into the museums setting, invited poets and friends to write songs on ...
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Conceptual French artist Sa.dane Afif (b. 1970), noted within the international art scene, adapts the art of commission as a key strategy in producing, mediating and expanding art. When Afif was awarded the prestigious Gu?nther- Peill Prize, he traveled to the town Du?ren, in North Rhine-Westphalia, using its location to reflect on the idea of Here (Ici) and There (L-bas). He brought the towns train station lights, loudspeakers and platform announcements into the museums setting, invited poets and friends to write songs on the themes of Here and There, and created posters for Ici and L.-bas as markers for his two-part multimedia installation. Ici. was shown in the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum and the Papiermuseum Du?ren and L-bas. at the 8th Berlin Biennale and Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland. The two-pamphlet artist book project, contained in its own dust jacket, includes installation views, 15 lyrics by different poets and essays on Afifs work by Juan A. Gait.n, Rein Wolfsone, and Diedrich Diederichsen, renowned writers exploring the crossroads of art, politics and pop culture.
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