{"product_id":"15472-sislej-xhafa","title":"Sislej Xhafa","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume, which was published in conjunction with the exhibition in the Albanian pavilion at the 2005 Venice Biennale, features the oeuvre of Sislej Xhafa, whose subversive actions cast a new light on the way Europeans see themselves. In Pleasure Our Flowers (2000), the artist decorated the uncomfortable atmosphere of a police station in Ghent with gilt-framed mirrors, bookshelves, Biedermeier chairs, and Persian carpets, turning it into a deceptively cultivated, upper-middle-class environment. In Benvenuto (2000), an enormous word mowed into the grass on a hillside in Tuscany, he questioned European immigration policy. Born in Kosovo, Xhafa also makes use of common prejudices about his fellow countrymen, presenting himself as a clever pickpocket in the photograph Piazza della Signoria (1998) or, in Sweet Invasion (2000), as a young member of the Mafia, smartly clad in black, with sunglasses and a leather jacket. Exhibition schedule: Albanian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, June 12-November 6, 2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44425494888712,"sku":"9783775716857","price":14.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775716857_e7ceb8d9-6694-4f6e-b989-b1a955f39658.jpg?v=1744135345","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/15472-sislej-xhafa","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}