Courtesy of Peter Blum Gallery, New York

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Home to Go

Date2001

Label TextAdrian 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.

Object number2008.12

ProvenancePeter Blum Gallery, New York

Photo CreditCourtesy of Peter Blum Gallery, New York

Exhibition HistoryModena, Italy, Raccontare (Storytelling), Galleria Civica di Modena, 2006 New York, New York, Senso Unico, PS1, 2007

Credit LineGift of the Contemporary Collectors Forum

Dimensions65 x 35 3/8 x 47 1/4 in. (165.1 x 89.9 x 120 cm)

MediumPlaster, marble dust, wood, tiles and rope