Past Residents
Past Resident2015: Foundation for a Civil Society
Genti Korini
Genti Korini studies and reconstructs the modernist agenda of image and medium in his paintings and photographs. His works are architectural and painterly while retaining their abstract essence. The architecture of the Albania’s capital Tirana is primary inspiration behind Korini’s work. New formations emerge as a symptomatology for rapidly evolving ideologies. In the age of neoliberal freedom the ideological idiom has been hijacked and has found new forms of expressions in the domain of architecture. Korini’s examination of this trend reverberates throughout his work.
Genti Korini (born in 1979, Tirana, Albania) lives and works in Tirana, Albania. He studied painting at University of Art and Design, Cluj Napoca, Romania and graduated with an M.A, in Graphic Design and Painting at the University of Arts, Tirana. His selected exhibitions include Fragile Sense of Hope, Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany, 2014; The Object and It’s Background, Jecza Gallery, Timisoara, Romania, 2013; Ephemeral Structures, National Gallery of Art, Tirana, Albania, 2007; There Is No Place Like Home, Galeria Contemporaneo, Venice, Italy, 2007.
Genti Korini, Forma 3, 2015, Oil on canvas, 47 × 35 in. (119.38 × 88.9 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Albania
Past Resident2015: Foundation for a Civil Society
Selma Selman
Selma Selman researches Roma identity and human society through paintings, installations, performance, photography and video works. She is interested in showing culture and reality through her works, addressing univeral themes of humanism.
Selma Selman’s (born in 1991 in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina) recent shows include Gallery Udas, Banja Luka; Gallery San Fedele; and Gallery 8, Budapest.
Selma Selman, Mercedes 310, 2014, Photo, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Past Resident2015: Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation
Anjana Kothamachu
Kothamachu’s work attempts to reify the emotional, mental and physical state of desiring. This is realized through drawing, objects, moving images and spoken word narratives. Her stories are staged in fabricated worlds extracted from the everyday, venturing beyond veneers of reality and consciousness into the subconscious to access the unspeakable in human experience. She creates a visual narrative charting the emotional and psychological journey of the human condition by revealing nuances of the multiple realms of our existence; while facilitating aesthetic experiences and personal interpretations.
Kothamachu graduated from The Academy of Fine Arts and Crafts, Rachana Sansad, India with a major in sculpture. Prior to this, she studied animation. She has participated in several residency programs including The Last Ship, Mumbai; Stiftung Futur Foundation, Switzerland; Sandarbh International Artists Association’s residency and Khoj. She received the Inlaks Fine Art Award 2013. In 2014, she installed a large-scale outdoor sculpture at the India Art Fair. She was part of the Creative India Public Art Intensive and the Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Korea.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Silvia Giambrone and Anjana Kothamachu
May 19, 2015
Anjana Kothamachu, Sleep, 2014, Drawing on paper, 81/2 × 10 in. (21.59 × 25.4 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
