Anri Sala was born in Tirana, Albania in 1974. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Bourse de Commerce, Paris (2023); Kunsthaus Bregenz (2021); Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston (2021); Centro Botìn, Santander (2019); Mudam, Luxembourg (2019); Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin (2019); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2017); New Museum, New York (2016); Haus der Kunst, Munich (2014); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2012); Serpentine Gallery, London (2011); Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (2008); and ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2004). He has also participated in major group exhibitions and biennials internationally, including the 57th Venice Biennale (2019), dOCUMENTA (13) (2012), the 29th São Paulo Biennial (2010) and the 4th Berlin Biennale (2006). In 2013, he represented France in the 55th Venice Biennale. In 2001, Sala received the Young Artist Prize at the Venice Biennale and was awarded the Vincent van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe in 2014.
Preview
Anri Sala
12.6. – 28.11.2027
In 2027, Schaulager in Basel will dedicate a solo exhibition to the internationally renowned artist Anri Sala (b. 1974 in Tirana; lives and works in Berlin and Paris), conceived to unfold across both floors of its exhibition space. The presentation brings together existing works from Sala’s oeuvre with new works developed specifically for the exhibition. Together, they form a constellation in which the works relate through the dynamics of sonic and visual sedimentation, shifting sightlines, and diverse forms of transition, from composition to decomposition.
Anri Sala is widely regarded as one of the outstanding artists of his generation. His time-based works explore the complex relationships between image, architecture, and music, with a particular focus on what happens between these elements. “My fascination is about the interval, it’s about the instant between two moments, the in-between. When something has just happened, and the next thing is about to become.” (Anri Sala) The motif of the interval runs through Sala’s work in diverse ways – spatially, temporally, musically, and linguistically – and will significantly shape the arrangement of the sound and video installations, frescoes, and sculptures in the exhibition at Schaulager.
“We have been following Anri Sala’s artistic career for over twenty years, and he plays a crucial role in the collection of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation. We greatly anticipate working with Anri again and are proud to showcase his oeuvre in our ongoing series of pioneering Schaulager exhibitions.” (Maja Oeri, President of Schaulager/Laurenz Foundation and Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation)
A thoroughly elaborated publication accompanying the exhibition will feature numerous illustrations and texts that offer new perspectives on Anri Sala’s work, drawing on the concept of the interval.
In summer 2024, the frescoes by Anri Sala acquired for the collection were presented in the Old Masters department of the Kunstmuseum Basel.
You find a video with the artist here: