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After leaving Albania in 1997 and relocating to Milan to escape from the Kosovo War, visual artist Adrian Paci has exhibited in major art institutions and bienniales such as P.S.1, the Tate Modern and the Bienniale of Sevilla.[...]

Decontextualizing environments and questioning social behaviors and our perception of them is the common practice of Slovakian artist Roman Ondák. The artist, who lives and works in Bratislava, is constantly surprising viewers with works that efface the lines between reality and art to such an extent, that many of his works may pass by completely unnoticed.[...]

Upon entering the 2009 Scope Art Fair in Miami, I was surprised to find on the first booth to my right what was, at first glance, framed blank pieces of paper. These were displayed with an old and used pink eraser encased in a plexiglass box. However, upon closer inspection of these apparently empty works, I could see the faint tracings of drawings.[...]

Souvenir Stories: Beyond the Paradise is the title of Karlo Andrei Ibarra’s most recent project featured at Photo Miami 2009 by the gallery RICA. In it, the artist examines the imagined idea of an island paradise against the harsh reality of political and social conflict.[...]

With his simple minimal sculptures, Gedi Sibony achieves an opening of a new, more complex concept of space. He uses packing materials and mundane objects, such as cardboard, pipes, plastic bags and carpets, to create a poetic interpretation of the surrounding environment, where ordinary objects are elevated to an elegant resourceful existence.[...]