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4 drawings as property of the Albanian Central Bank

September 30, 2017 Uncategorized 0 Comments

4 drawings stand at the hallway of the second floor of the newly reconstructed Central Bank of Albania. The building is located next to the Scanderbeg square, right in the center of Tirana. These drawings are:

1. Women of Kurvelesh jumping from the rock – 1961 – 105×70 cm – carbon
2. Idriz Seferi – 1980 – 70 x 50 cm – pastel
3. Gathering of taxes in the reign of King Zog – 1968 – 100×70 cm – carbon
4. Reading the press – 1958 – 60×45 cm – carbon

4 vizatime qendrojne tashme ne hollin e katit te dyte te nderteses se rikonstruktuar te Bankes Qendrore te Shqiperise. Kjo ndertese ndodhet ne qender te Tiranes prane sheshit Skenderbe. Keto vepra jane:

1. Grate e Kurveleshit hidhen nga shkembi – punuar ne 1961 – me dimensione 105 x 70 cm – teknika karbon
2. Idriz Seferi – 1980 – dimensione 70 x 50 cm – pastel
3. Vjelja e taksave ne kohen e Mbretit Zog – 1968 – dimensione 100 x 70 cm – karbon
4. Leximi i shtypit – 1958 – dimensione 60 x 45 cm – karbon

Exhibition in Ljubljana

April 30, 2017 Uncategorized 0 Comments

32 works of art from Guri Madhi has been exhibited in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana during 18th-27th April 2017. The exhibition was held in Visconti Fine Art Gallery under the very professional support of its directors Živa and Lazar Vujić.

The opening ceremony gathered many people from the art scenery, art critiques, Slovenian authorities, ambassadors and diplomats, businessmen, Albanians living in Slovenia, mentioning here representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the former Minister of Culture and the former Minister of Environment, former Presidents of the Slovenian National Assembly Jožef Školč and Janez Podobnik, the Ambassadors of the USA, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Italy, France etc. The exhibition was a collaboration between the Embassy of Albania in Slovenia directed by Mr. Ambassador Pellumb Qazimi and the general honorary consul of the Republic of Slovenia in the Republic of Albania Mr. Edvin Libohova.

The President of the National Council of Slovenia Mitja Bervar led the ceremony emphasizing the importance of the cultural exchange between the two countries. Later on, he presented Guri Madhi as an “Albanian myth” of an European significance.

The works of art depict the artist’s distinguished periods, starting from themes such as Albania’s history and evolving into an expressionistic art.

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Undeniably one of Albania’s foremost painters, Guri Madhi was recognized at an early age as a gifted artist. In 1950, Madhi was awarded a scholarship to study at the Academy of Fine Art in Leningrad. Upon returning to Albania, Madhi became one of the first instructors at the Art Lyceum and then a professor at the Academy of Fine Art. In 1988, while in Budapest, Guri Madhi died unexpectadly at the age of 67. Throghout his career, Madhi sought to guide budding talent and reveal the heroic Albanian spirit.
In Pioneer : Ready for School, Evelin (the niece of the artist’s wife), a young school girl with long,dark braids, sits reading a book in front of a window. Behind her a tree bursts forth in full flower. The girl’s body is still, captivated by the words she holds in her hands. Conversely, Madhi’s quick brush work in the treatment of the flowers , contrasted by swathes of white encircling the girl’s head like a halo, reflects the frenetic exuberance of her young mind. She is a pioneer, forging ahead discovering new places and people, through intellectual exercise.
Painted shortly after his appointment to the Jordan Misja Art Lyceum, Madhi explores the dichotomy between an active artistic imagination and an official façade. The girl’s school uniform represents the conformity demanded by the state; however, the window and the impressionistic landscape beyond symbolize intellectual escape.

Author : Ashley Olters, art researcher, U.S.A.