Giacometti / Halilaj - We built a fantastic palace at night... - Exhibition catalog

« We built a fantastic palace at night... » places side by side, in dialogue, the works of the contemporary artist Petrit Halilaj and those of Alberto Giacometti. Deeply marked by his childhood in Kosovo during the war, Halilaj places children's drawing at the heart of his practice. Individual and colletive...

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« We built a fantastic palace at night... » places side by side, in dialogue, the works of the contemporary artist Petrit Halilaj and those of Alberto Giacometti. Deeply marked by his childhood in Kosovo during the war, Halilaj places children's drawing at the heart of his practice. Individual and colletive stories come together to open spaces for freedom. In 1932, Giacometti copied a children's drawing seen on a pavement in his neighbourhood. From that drawing, Halilaj develops a subtle dialogue by revealing the importance of the theme of childhood in his elder's oeuvre. Richly illustrated with new works, the catalogue weaves a fine network of connections between both artists as it shows the childlike vocabulary of the large spatial drawings the artist calls "Abetare". His intense relation with children's drawing which he considers a witness to today's world, reveals an interest close to Giacometti's work, as Halilaj presents the rich themes of childhood, dreams, associations of ideas and the relation to wonders.

Exhibition at the Institut Giacometti from 14 March to 8 June 2025

Bilingual French/English
112 pages

Éditions Fage, Lyon and Fondation Giacometti

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