Home to Go
2001
Adrian Paci was forced to flee his homeland of Albania in 1997 because of the political and social unrest in his native land. With his wife and children, he emigrated to Italy to ensure their personal freedoms and the safety of his family. This unsettled history informs his larger body of work to date, including paintings, films, installations, and sculptures such as Home to Go, on view in this gallery. Here, the figure is a cast of the artist’s own body. Hunched over by the weight of a segment of a tiled roof-top he carries on his back, the viewer is drawn in to the emotional, physical, and psychological burden of his exodus from his country, yet never leaving the memory of it behind.
Plaster, marble dust, wood, tiles and rope
65 x 35 3/8 x 47 1/4in. (165.1 x 89.9 x 120cm)
Gift of the Contemporary Collectors Forum
2008.12
Provenance: Peter Blum Gallery, New York
Courtesy of Peter Blum Gallery, New York
