Toni Milaqi
Griechenland
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Acryl
Stil: Gegenständlich
Statement:
An artist is an insubordinate creature , anarchist , free within the specially designed prison for him . He cannot be a puppet of anyone or a prentice of any political , social or economic mechanism.
An artist is self - destructive looking for light, as a butterfly during the night that circles the electric lamp furiously , until her wings are burned and then she vanishes .
An artist is romantic , to the point of indifference , naive to the point of pain , strong as the strongest steel and at the same time breakable as the most delicate glass. It is like this not because the artist wants it to be so , but because he cannot be something else.
All the models that serve today as an expression of artistic potentials are nothing less than the camouflaged needs of the art markets and the social - political mafia enthroned for domination of visual spaces.
An artist cannot be a blind follower of the ones which govern or a diligent worker of the propagandistic mechanisim of the politicians. An artist cannot deal with counting of the colorful building facades that shelter very suspicious politicians hiding the economic corruption or social misery of the society they lead.
An artist is a wild hawk ; it\\\\\\\'s not a domestic chicken from which we expect an egg on a daily basis , it\\\\\\\'s an opposition and not a collector of bread crumbs of different circles . An artist cannot be conservative , a manipulative and a commercial coward or a puppet in someone\\\\\\\'s hands . This is my notion of art and an artist.
Vita / Lebenslauf:
Toni Milaqi
Contemporary artist (painter, draughtsman)
1974 -Born in Tirana, Albania, from greek parents.
Studies:
1988 -Artistic High School \"Jordan Misja\", Tirana, Albania/ Painting, Drawing & Graphics.
1992 -National Academy of Fine Arts, Tirana, Albania/ Monumental Painting Section.
Solo Exhibitions :
Jan 1996 -Dimokritos Gallery, Athens, Greece.
Feb 1999 -Astrolavos Gallery, Piraeus, Greece.
Selected Group Exhibitions :
Jun 1996 -Dimokritos Gallery, Athens, Greece.
Feb 1997 -Arieta Gallery (Plaka), Athens, Greece.
Apr 1999 -Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, Greece.
Apr 1999 -\"Minus-Plus\", Hellenic American Union, curated by Manos Stefanidis and Nadja Argyropoulou, Athens, Greece.
May 2004 -\"Colours of Albania\", National Gallery of Arts, curated by Edi Muka, Tirana, Albania.
Nov 2007 -\"Pa(varesia)\", National Gallery of Arts, curated by Elsa Martini, Tirana, Albania.
Dec 2008 -\"CheapArt 14\", CheapArt Gallery, curated by George and Dimitris Georgakopoulos, Athens, Greece.
Jun 2009 -\"CheapArt -Thessaloniki 2009\", Kodra former Army Camp, curated by George and Dimitris Georgakopoulos, Afrodite Oikonomidou and Delia Gianti, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Jun 2010 -\"CheapArt -Thessaloniki 2010\", Kodra former Army Camp, curated by George and Dimitris Georgakopoulos, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Residencies:
Aug 2008 -Artist in Residence, International Open Art Residency 2008, curated and organised by Charalambos Dermatis and George Georgakopoulos, Eretria, Greece.
Toni Milaqi currently lives and works in Athens, Greece.
Statement:
\"An artist is an insubordinate creature , anarchist , free within the specially designed prison for him . He cannot be a puppet of anyone or a prentice of any political , social or economic mechanism.
An artist is self - destructive looking for light, as a butterfly during the night that circles the electric lamp furiously , until her wings are burned and then she vanishes .
An artist is romantic , to the point of indifference , naive to the point of pain , strong as the strongest steel and at the same time breakable as the most delicate glass. It is like this not because the artist wants it to be so , but because he cannot be something else.
All the models that serve today as an expression of artistic potentials are nothing less than the camouflaged needs of the art markets and the social - political mafia enthroned for domination of visual spaces.
An artist cannot be a blind follower of the ones which govern or a diligent worker of the propagandistic mechanisim of the politicians. An artist cannot deal with counting of the colorful building facades that shelter very suspicious politicians hiding the economic corruption or social misery of the society they lead.
An artist is a wild hawk ; it\'s not a domestic chicken from which we expect an egg on a daily basis , it\'s an opposition and not a collector of bread crumbs of different circles . An artist cannot be conservative , a manipulative and a commercial coward or a puppet in someone\'s hands . This is my notion of art and an artist.\"
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