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13/11/2008

Anila Rubiku

The ASU Art Museum, Tempe

Community Project with Artist Anila Rubiku Begins at ASU Art Museum

Who
ASU Art Museum, the single most impressive venue for contemporary art in Arizona*, is pleased to announce the CEC ArtsLink residency of Milan-based, Albanian-born artist Anila Rubiku as part of its Social Studies initiative from October 28 – November 17, 2008.

What
ASU Art Museum is excited to have artist Anila Rubiku currently in residence. Rubiku, often with assistance from members from local communities, works primarily with sewn paper and large-scale structures that depict the human body and explore urban architectural spaces. She has shown her work throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East and in the U.S., and has done numerous collaborative community projects around the world with diverse groups that include Ethiopian women in Tel Aviv and students of the Design & Architecture University in Taipei. Rubiku is interested in bringing knowledge of American art and architectural centers and community organization practices back to Albania to inform an urban revitalization project she will undertake with architectural students from Tirana University.

Rubiku’s current project at ASU Art Museum is a story told in stitched leather. Each individually stitched section will be joined together to form a large wall-sized work. “The pieces come together to tell a story,” explains Rubiku. “This is how I see Arizona; it’s so large and growing so much. This is because of the human element; we build houses because families need them. As families grow our urban development also must grow with them. This story is also formed by the desert, and the shapes and elements of the desert become a sort of erotic and humorous symbol for procreation and growth in both the human sense and with respect to urban building.”

Rubiku is also pleased to announce the U.S. premiere of her video installation at Taliesin West, The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in a collaboration with ASU Art Museum, on November 14, 2008, from 7pm – 9pm. Titled One Night Only, the video installation continues the artist’s conversation on urban and human development. “Both the Museum work and the video installation are about architecture,” says Rubiku. “People make families and initially start a city because they need someplace for their families. As the cities grow they start becoming more planned, but they are still planned in response to human needs. These two different media are just two different ways of exploring this same theme.” One Night Only includes a paper construction of the most rapidly growing cities of the last ten years with video projection, and has been shown before only in Tel Aviv. Rubiku’s works are recommended for mature audiences; the viewing at Taliesin West is free but does not include tours of the facility.

As part of its mission as a university museum, ASU Art Museum is committed to showing artists’ work first and is proud to offer artists the opportunity to grow creatively and experiment with new forms. The Social Studies initiative provides opportunities for artists working in various media to interact creatively and collaboratively with students, other artists, faculty and community members. The social interaction of the Museum-as-artist’s-studio setting encourages participants to explore new avenues of creativity and ultimately enhance their understanding of their world and each other.

Acknowledgement:
ArtsLink Fellow Anila Rubiku’s residency is generously funded by CEC ArtsLink, NY. For additional information regarding CEC ArtsLink please visit: www.cecartslink.org/about.php

The ASU Art Museum would like to acknowledge the following for their additional in-kind assistance with the residency: Comfort Inn of Tempe: www.comfortinn.com/hotel-tempe-arizona-AZ132?promo=gglocal; Tempe Convention and Visitors Bureau: www.tempecvb.com/; Moroso: www.Moroso.it. Gallery Anita Beckers, Frankfurt: www.galerie-beckers.de/;
Gallery Braverman, Tel Aviv: www.bravermangallery.com/.

Where
The ASU Art Museum,
10th Street and Mill Ave., Tempe

When
October 28 – November 14, 2009

Cost
Free

Parking
Free parking in ASU Art Museum-marked spaces

The ASU Art Museum, named ''the single most impressive venue for contemporary art in Arizona'' by Art in America magazine, is part of the Herberger College of the Arts at Arizona State University. The museum is located on the corner of Mill Avenue and 10th Street in Tempe and admission is free. Nelson Fine Arts Center hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. To learn more about the museum and its programs call 480-965-2787 or visit http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu.

The ASU Art Museum,
10th Street and Mill Ave., Tempe

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