Runa Islam: Restless Subject Unknown - 2008

Heidelberg: Kehrer, 2008. Softcover. VG but for very slight rubbing to front cover. Silver and black wraps with white lettering; 167 pp. with color and bw photographs throughout. Text mostly in German, but titles in English; catalogue from the exhibition held November 2008 - February 2009 in both Essen and Zurich.

Modena, Italy: The Galleria Civica di Modena, 2008. Hardcover. VG. Parallel text in Italian and English. Tan boards, 80 pp, profuse large color images. Parallel text in Italian and English. A double solo exhibition housed simultaneously in the rooms of Palazzo Santa Margherita. The exhibition opened 27th January, 2008, under the title Runa Islam LOST CINEMA LOST Tobias Putrih, curated by Milovan Farronato, organised and produced by Galleria Civica di Modena and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena. Runa Islam and Tobias Putrih here display a new series of works especially designed for this occasion. The two artists have thus set out on an unprecedented collaboration project aimed at offering two separate projects, yet ones which feed off an ongoing dialogue and a well-balanced co-habitation. Runa Islam returned to Italy with three unseen works created in 2006/2007 and put on show in Modena for the first time, including the film Merchants of Venice, produced by the Galleria Civica di Modena… Leer más