Anri Sala

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Anri Sala

Born 1974 in Tirana, Albania. Lives and works in Berlin.
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Exhibition view: Anri Sala – Transfigured, GAMeC, Bergamo, 2022. Photo © Lorenzo Palmieri

Introduction

Anri Sala’s oeuvre explores the relationships between music and narrative, architecture and film, interleaving qualities of different media in both complex and intuitive ways to produce works in which one medium takes on the qualities of another. 

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Selected works

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Anri Sala
Transfert (Noli Me Tangere, Fragment 1), 2024
Ink and intonaco on paper
74 x 49,5 cm (29 1/8 x 19 1/2 in) (unframed)
78 x 53,5 x 3,5 cm (30 3/4 x 21 x 1 3/8 in) (framed and glazed)
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Anri Sala
Untitled (Nepal/Muraena moa, Moringua microchir, Muraenichthys Schultzei), 2023

Ink and pastel on paper (top), vintage hand-colored etching on paper (bottom)
29,6 x 41,8 cm; 30,6 x 46,4 cm (unframed)
43,2 x 55,4 cm; 44,2 x 60 cm (framed)
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Anri Sala
Legenda Aurea Inversa (VII, fragment 1), 2023
Fresco painting, intonaco on aerolam, Cipollino marble
60 x 40 x 4,8 cm
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Anri Sala
Surface to Air i, ii, iii (Cipollino / Afternoon Slightly After), 2023
Fresco paintings, intonaco on aerolam, Cipollino marble
3 parts
17 x 21 x 4 cm, 17 x 21 x 4 cm, 17 x 23,5 x 4 cm
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Anri Sala
Le jour de gloire est arrivé, 2022
Lambda print
14,6 x 36,7 cm each, 3 parts (unframed)
39,9 x 59,9 x 3 cm each, 3 parts (framed)
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Anri Sala
H(a)unted in the Doldrums, 2021
Altered snare drum, loudspeaker parts, snare stands, drumsticks, soundtrack (mono)
Installation dimensions variable
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Anri Sala
Resting Spells #5, 2018
Blown glass
31,5 x 21 x 12 cm
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The Last Resort, 2017

42-channel sound installation including 38 altered snare drums, loudspeaker parts, snare stands, drumsticks, soundtrack and 4 speakers
Duration 58:28 minutes, looped
ø 850 cm
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Take Over, 2017

Back-to-back HD video projections, color, 8-channel sound, glass elements
Duration 7:56 min
258 x 873 x 873 cm
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Anri Sala
In-Between the Doldrums (Pac-Man), 2016

2 altered snare drums, loudspeaker parts, snare stands, drumsticks, soundtrack (stereo)
150 x 56 x 41 cm approx.
Duration 04:34 min (loop)
Sound design and mixing by Olivier Goinard
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Anri Sala
Agassi, 2006

Installation: 16 mm film projection, silent
1 min looped, projected are: 75 x 56 cm
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Missing Landscape, 2001

Video projection (colour, sound)
Duration 14:55 min
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Untitled (Ball & Lion), 2000

C-print on Alucobond
80 x 110 x 3 cm (framed)
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Gallery Exhibitions

Noli Me Tangere Anri Sala

Noli Me Tangere

Anri Sala
Esther Schipper is pleased to present Noli Me Tangere, a solo exhibition by Anri Sala, the artist’s second with the gallery and first in Seoul. On view will be a new series...
March 21—May 11, 2024
Esther Schipper, Seoul
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External Exhibitions

Portrait of a Collection. Works from the Pinault Collection With Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Anri Sala and Anicka Yi

Portrait of a Collection. Works from the Pinault Collection

With Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Anri Sala and Anicka Yi
September 4—November 23, 2024
SONGEUN Art and Cultural Foundation
Anri Sala - In the Midst of Old Masters Anri Sala

Anri Sala - In the Midst of Old Masters

Anri Sala
Anri Sala – In the Midst of Old Masters Kunstmuseum Basel
April 30—September 15, 2024
Kunstmuseum Basel
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Interview with Anri Sala: Art gives space to the subtle sounds that are overheard in the noise of war SonntagsZeitung
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Letter from Berlin October 2022
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Welcome to the Letter from Berlin! This Letter from Berlin should rightfully be titled 'Letter from Paris'! We begin with projects in Paris: Etienne Chambaud's exhibitions in Paris and in Lille, as...
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Anri Sala on taking care of the ambiguity of things
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Anri Sala on taking care of the ambiguity of things

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something in the air, FAHRBEREITSCHAFT With Rodney Graham, Pierre Huyghe, Ari Benjamin Meyers and Anri Sala
FAHRBEREITSCHAFT, Berlin

something in the air, FAHRBEREITSCHAFT

With Rodney Graham, Pierre Huyghe, Ari Benjamin Meyers and Anri Sala

In September and October, FAHRBEREITSCHAFT in Berlin-Lichtenberg will host the event series entitled something in the air, with works by Rodney Graham, Pierre Huyghe, Ari Benjamin Meyers and Anri Sala.

September 2 – October 29, 2022
Anri Sala, Transfigured
GAMeC

Anri Sala, Transfigured

Anri SalaTransfigured GAMeC Palazzo della Ragione 24129 Bergamo June 10 – October 16, 2022 www.gamec.it For the fifth year in a row, GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo returns...
June 10 – October 16, 2022
Anri Sala – Finissage – Kunsthaus Bregenz
Kunsthaus Bregenz

Anri Sala – Finissage – Kunsthaus Bregenz

Finissage – Artist Talk with Anri Sala & André Vida Kunsthaus Bregenz October 10, 2021, 11 am Free admission Language: English Further Information on the talk www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at Current COVID-19 guidelines at Kunsthaus...
October 10, 2021, 11 am
Anri Sala at Kunsthaus Bregenz
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz

Anri Sala at Kunsthaus Bregenz

From July 17 through October 10, Kunsthaus Bregenz dedicates a major solo exhibition to Anri Sala. Musical phenomena play a major role in Sala’s work, his transformative, time-based works develop from a dense...
July 17 – October 10, 2021
LUMA Arles
LUMA Arles, Arles

LUMA Arles

With Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala, and Tino Sehgal. LUMA Arles, a 27-acre creative campus at the Parc des Ateliers in the city of Arles, opened to the public on June 26. Work...
From June 26, 2021
58th October Salon
various locations, Belgrade

58th October Salon

October Salon is a representative manifestation of accomplishments in the field of visual art in Serbia, found and funded by the City of Belgrade. This year, the exhibition titled The Dreamers intends to question not...
June 25 – August 22, 2021
Diversity United with Roman Ondak, Ugo Rondinone and Anri Sala
Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin

Diversity United with Roman Ondak, Ugo Rondinone and Anri Sala

⁠ Diversity United presents an artistic tour d'horizon of Europe currently. The trans-national exhibition shows paintings, sculptures, videos, new media, photographies, installations, drawings and object of art by about 90 artists from 34...
June 9 – September 19, 2021
Anri Sala at Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston

Anri Sala at Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston

Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston, presents a newly commissioned artwork for the by Anri Sala. This immersive new film and sound installation, titled Time No Longer, will occupy the Cistern for a period...
March 12 – December 12, 2021
Anri Sala at Centro Botín
Centro Botín, Santander

Anri Sala at Centro Botín

Opening on December 14, Centro Botín in Santander presents AS YOU GO (Châteaux en Espagne), by Anri Sala. The title of the exhibition, AS YOU GO, implies the idea of movement: that of a...
December 14, 2019 – May 3, 2020
Artist Talk with Anri Sala
Mudam Luxembourg

Artist Talk with Anri Sala

⁠ On the occasion of his exhibition Le Temps coudé, and the launch of the catalogue Coudées : Quatre variations sur Anri Sala, Anri Sala will be discussing his work with Suzanne...
Sunday October 20, 2019, 3:30 pm⁠
Film Screening with Anri Sala
Bar Laika, 224 Greene Ave, Brooklyn, New York

Film Screening with Anri Sala

Anri Sala, Dammi I Colori, 2003, chronicles the work of Sala’s friend and former artist Edi Rama as Mayor of Tirana, Albania. Dammi i Colori evokes the city as canvas and champions...
October 17, 2019, 9 pm
Anri Sala at MUDAM
MUDAM – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg

Anri Sala at MUDAM

Over the past two decades Anri Sala has created an exceptional body of films and installations in which sound, music and the projected image come together to express themes of lived and historic time....
October 12, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Simon Fujiwara, Ryan Gander, Liam Gillick, Pierre Huyghe and Anri Sala at MO.CO
MO.CO. – Montpellier Contemporain, Hôtel de Collections, Montpellier

Simon Fujiwara, Ryan Gander, Liam Gillick, Pierre Huyghe and Anri Sala at MO.CO

Coinciding with the inauguration of the Hôtel des Collections on June 29, the MO.CO. unveils the first public presentation of masterpieces from the Ishikawa Collection. This outstanding and relatively recent private collection...
June 29 – September 29, 2019
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Anri Sala at Centre Pompidou-Metz
Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Anri Sala at Centre Pompidou-Metz

Opera as the World is a journey through the history of opera in the 20th and 21st centuries, and specifically its relations with the visual arts. Anything but a conventional reading of its...
June 22, 2019 – January 27, 2019
Anri Sala in conversation with Marcella Beccaria and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Castello di Rivoli, Turin

Anri Sala in conversation with Marcella Beccaria and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev

A public talk with Anri Sala about the exhibition AS YOU GO, which was specifically designed for the spaces on the third floor of the Castello di Rivoli, will be the starting...
May 12, 2019, 11 am
Anri Sala at Castello di Rivoli
Castello di Rivoli, Turin

Anri Sala at Castello di Rivoli

February 26 – June 23, 2019
Anri Sala and N1N4E win the European Prize for Urban Public Space
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Anri Sala and N1N4E win the European Prize for Urban Public Space

Esther Schipper congratulates Anri Sala and the architecture firm 51N4E, who have won the European Prize for Urban Public Space for their renovation of Skanderbeg Square in Sala's native Tirana, Albania. Like...
June 19, 2018
Kunsthalle for Music featured in The New York Times
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Kunsthalle for Music featured in The New York Times

Kunsthalle for Music at Witte de With in Rotterdam was the subject of a recent feature by Nina Siegal in the New York Times. Led by Artistic Director Ari Benjamin Meyers, this exhibition includes...
January 24, 2018
Anri Sala in conversation with Maud Page
Courtyard Marquee, Sydney Observatory, Millers Point

Anri Sala in conversation with Maud Page

On October 14, Anri Sala will share his insights into the conceptual and creative development of The Last Resort in a conversation with Maud Page, Deputy Director and Director of Collections, Art Gallery of New...
October 14, 2017, 12pm
Venice, Italy

Viva Arte Viva: The 57th Venice Biennale, with Liu Ye, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala

The 57th International Art Exhibition, VIVA ARTE VIVA, will take place at the Giardini and the Arsenale in Venice, from May 13 to November 26, 2017. Curated by Christine Macel, it will feature 120 artists...
May 13 – November 26, 2017
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Publications

Anri Sala As You Go

Anri Sala

As You Go
This catalog develops an in-depth examination of As You Go, the project devised by Anri Sala specifically for Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in the form of an exhibition that also...
2020
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