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Frankfurt Art Experience 2024 - Spectaculum by Jon Kraja

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Thursday, 5 September 2024 to Sunday, 22 September 2024
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Thursday, 5 September 2024 - 7:00pm

The exhibiton »SPECTACULUM« by Jon Kraja presents a series of paintings created by the artist in 2024. The works depict football scenes full with contrasting colors that evoke different emotions and figuration hidden behind gestural abstraction – all accompanied by an omnipresent fire ball, while hanging in a thin thread and searching for its tipping point.

Jon Kraja projects his own imagination into these paintings. They embody the memories of the game movements and reflect the power and anxiety that characterizes the moment of shooting. But beyond that first reading of the image, the paintings mirror the precarious and volatile life of mankind, the uncertainties and complexities of a human being, constantly in search of one’s own goal.

In certain works, the abstraction produces gestural and enigmatic backgrounds, evoking a sense of mystery and introspection. Here, the goal and the ball remain suspended in the artist’s contemplative space.

As a backdrop to »SPECTACULUM«, the spectacle of football is transformed into a visual symphony of movement and memory.

Cooperative network project between Gallery70, Satellite Zone (Tirana) and EULENGASSE. The exhibition takes place in the framework of the Frankfurt Art Experience 2024.

»SPECTACULUM« is supported by UNESCO, through the »Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans« (CC4WBs) a project funded by the European Union that aims to foster dialogue in the Western Balkans by enhancing the cultural and creative sectors for increased socio-economic impact.

Opening hours season start
Friday, 6. SEP, 6 – 10pm
Saturday, 7. SEP, 11am – 6pm
Sunday, 8. SEP, 11am – 6pm

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* JON KRAJA

Jon Kraja (1970) absolvierte die Akademie der Schönen Künste in Albanien und begann seine Kunstkarriere in den 1990er Jahren nach dem Fall des Kommunismus. Er entwickelte überraschende Konzepte im Bühnenbild sowie in der gestischen, großformatigen abstrakten und figurativen Malerei. Krajas Schaffen zeichnet sich durch ständige Forschung und das Experimentieren mit neuen Materialien und Medien aus.

Im Zentrum seiner künstlerischen Philosophie steht eine Faszination für das Unbekannte und die transformative Kraft lebloser Objekte. Seine Werke laden die Betrachter ein, über die tiefere Bedeutung und den Nutzen des Alltags nachzudenken, wobei sie Introspektion anregen und ein Gefühl des Staunens hervorrufen.

Er lebt jeden Tag, als wäre es sein letzter, doch der nächste Tag kommt immer wieder, und er beginnt erneut mit dem gleichen Gedanken.

> Videoporträt Jon Kraja

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Ausstellungsraum und Atelierhaus EULENGASSE
Seckbacher Landstraße 16 · 60389 Frankfurt-Bornheim

Gallery70 , Tirana

 


 

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