Adel Abidin
Subtitle: history wipes
By: curators, Susanna Pettersson, Sointu Fritze ; essay, Susanna Pettersson ; editors, Susanna Pettersson, Sointu Fritze, Hanna Karppanen
Contributors: Pettersson, Susanna; Fritze, Sointu; Karppanen, Hanna; Ateneumin Taidemuseo (Helsinki, Finland)
Series: Ateneum publications -- vol. 101; Ateneumin julkaisut -- no. 101.
Publisher: Ateneum, Finnish National Gallery; Parvs Publishing
Published: 2018
Place of publication: [Helsinki]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9789527226124
Subjects: Exhibitions; Video installations (Art)
Other titles: History wipes
Description: Adel Abidin (born 1973 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an internationally renowned contemporary artist, residing between Helsinki, Finland, and Amman, Jordania. This exhibition catalogue is published in conjunction with Abidin's major solo show at Ateneum Art Museum in 2018. Abidin's work is characterised by a strong social ethos. Through his art, he deals with difficult topics, such as identity, discrimination, war, history and its manipulation. He is often using light humour and sarcasm, but in the end, his works come across as profound, serious and even gloomy. In 'History Wipes', Adel Abidin challenges us to look at our memories and their ambiguity. Exhibition: Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (14.03.-22.04.2018).
Notes: On the occasion of an exhibition held at Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, March 14 - April 22, 2018.

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