Adrian Paci's Milan exhibition explores propaganda and populism through video and installation
From 29 March to 29 April 2017, Kaufmann Repetto in Milan showcases Adrian Paci's exhibition, which highlights his video Interregnum. This piece compiles found footage of public funerals for communist figures such as Lenin, Stalin, and Mao Zedong. Enver Hoxha, a significant personality in Paci's native Albania, established the Albanian Communist Party in 1941 and held power from 1944 until 1985. The video emphasizes crowds grieving for absent leaders, centering on nameless individuals. Paci, a Milan resident since the 1990s, launched Art House in Shkodër in 2015. The exhibition also features The people are missing installation and a working water heater from Albania, alongside a photograph from the Malgrado Tutto series, which contemplates the implications of consensus.
Key facts
- Exhibition held at Kaufmann Repetto in Milan from 29 March to 29 April 2017
- Features video Interregnum with footage from funerals of communist leaders including Lenin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Josip Broz Tito, Kim Il-sung, and Enver Hoxha
- Enver Hoxha founded Albanian Communist Party in 1941 and ruled from 1944 to 1985
- Adrian Paci lives in Milan since 1990s and opened Art House in Shkodër, Albania in 2015 with wife Melisa
- Installation The people are missing includes white bleachers and footprints
- Untitled is a working water heater from Albania
- Photograph from Malgrado Tutto series shows graffiti in former Communist prison in Albania
- Italy had largest Communist party in Europe after World War II
Entities
Artists
- Adrian Paci
- Melisa Paci
- Lenin
- Stalin
- Mao Zedong
- Zhou Enlai
- Josip Broz Tito
- Kim Il-sung
- Enver Hoxha
Institutions
- Kaufmann Repetto
- Art House
- Albanian Communist Party
- Party of Labour of Albania
- ArtReview
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Shkodër
- Albania
- Yugoslavia
- Russia
- China