Anila Rubiku's 'Endje: Wander-Weaving' at Assab One, Milan

Anila Rubiku's solo exhibition 'Endje: Wander-Weaving' runs until January 24, 2025, at Assab One, a nonprofit space in Milan. Curated by Edi Muka, the show explores weaving as a physical and metaphorical journey, combining installation, sculpture, embroidery, engraving, and painting. The Albanian word 'endje' means both 'to weave' and 'to wander,' reflecting Rubiku's free movement between practices. Works include 'Ain’t I a Woman?', honoring women freedom pioneers with 150 embroidered handkerchiefs made in collaboration with a women's group from Durrës, Albania; 'The Inner Door', inspired by Milanese residential interior doors, exploring form, color, and texture; and 'Defiants’ Portraits #1-12', created with female inmates in a Tirana prison, denouncing lack of legal protection for the vulnerable. Assab One, founded by Elena Quarestani, is also renovating its spaces and will host 'La Quinta Stagione' from February to March 2025, curated by Davide Fabio Colaci, inviting twenty architects to reimagine the Cimiano district through drawing.