ARTIST PROFILE
- Kosovo (b. 1987 in Ferizaj)
- Currently in Prishtina and Doganaj, Kosovo.
- Visual Artist Arts University Bournemouth UK
CONTACT & LINKS
Untitled Union
- 2012
- Collage textile cut from flags, handcrafted scythe tale Installation view: National Gallery of Kosovo
Selmani playfully teases the viewer into questioning how the allure of digestible forms of identity functions as a means of control, suppression and sale. These questions are also present in works such as Untitled Union / Rachel Pafe
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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 In 1999, old simulacra have been replaced by new simulacra; the ornaments of a previous space have been refurbished in order to unfold with new meanings but also new uncertainties.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.