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Anri Sala

1 Oct-20 Nov 2011

Serpentine
London W2 3XA (Serpentine South), W2 2AR (Serpentine North)

Overview

Anri Sala (born 1974, Albania) is a leading artist working in film and video. In contrast to the speed of much mainstream media imagery, his works are meditations on slowness. With a near-total absence of camera movement, Sala’s film works almost turn live scenes into paintings, paying great attention to usually overlooked details. Although his work takes documentary material as its basis, it also uses formal elements to investigate the medium of film itself. Sala has participated in the Venice Biennale, 2003; the Yokohama Triennial, 2001; and Manifesta 3, Ljubljana, 2000. He has recently had solo exhibitions in both the United States and Europe.