ARTIST PROFILE
- Kosovo (b. 1987 in Ferizaj)
- Currently in Prishtina and Doganaj, Kosovo.
- Visual Artist Arts University Bournemouth UK
CONTACT & LINKS
They say you can't hold two watermelons in one hand
- 2012
- Digital Photograph
- They say you can’t hold two watermelons in one hand, 2012 C-Print on aluminium, 150x100 cm, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
- 150x100 C-Print on Aluminium
The image was shot between the Albania-Kosovo border, on a bridge that separates the two countries in a sort of no man’s land. The artist is thus portrayed in the attempt to hold the fruits and unstably maintain his balance. Text: Claudio Cravero
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Selected Works | 2012 - 2018
Selmani approaches the idea of perceived reality by deconstructing formations of social, political and cultural topics that have been embodied around him. At a young age, he was told to worship a country that no longer existed, which caused him to form a basis of scepticism towards any supposedly given reality. He later used this as a beneficial tool to reconstruct his beliefs into visual artefacts. In 1999, old simulacra have been replaced by new simulacra; the ornaments of a previous space have been refurbished in order to unfold with new meanings but also new uncertainties. Selmani confronts himself as a spectator of this “on-going event”, but rather positions himself as an actor, enacting his performances based on his personal histories, beliefs and doubts.