Can I tell you? - Nordine Sajot

On the occasion of the first solo exhibition Can I tell you? by Nordine Sajot at AAIE Center for Contemporary Art, a series of works produced at different times is presented, intentionally referring us to the relativity of the concept of the “here and now” with photographs, installations, hybrid objects, engravings and sculptures.
 
Through her writing, Michela Becchis invites us to carefully read the multiple layers of interpretation within the artist’s linguistic and visual structure:
 
“Let us begin with the word consumare, which can claim to derive from two Latin verbs: consumere and consummare. The first has the etymological meaning of ‘to take entirely,’ and thus ‘to remove completely’; the second, that of ‘to sum up definitively.’ It is within these two meanings that the artist opens the door to this work. It is within this difficult synthesis—because, if we think about it, ‘to remove completely’ and ‘to sum up definitively’ appear irreconcilable—and yet the life of the Great Consumer, of that part of the world that lives to consume, unfolds precisely within this contradiction, which only apparently does not disorient.”
“Nordine creates a relationship between excess and the essential. Faced with excess, she places the negation of what is essential for survival, an unmet demand that transforms real need into a negligible remainder.”
 
We look forward to welcoming you on Wednesday, April 15 from 6:00 PM for the vernissage.
The exhibition period will be punctuated by presentations of new works and projects connected to the show, also accompanied by tastings of wines and spirits from companies that have initiated collaborations with the artist.
 
 Opening: Wednesday, April 15, from 6:00 PM
 
Nordine Sajot
A multidisciplinary visual artist, her research is positioned from an anthropological perspective, focusing on consumer society and globalization. Particular attention is given to food, human evolution, the body, and language—thus addressing identity and the social processes formed within the collective unconscious and human flows. Her work has been presented in numerous galleries, institutional spaces, and festivals in Italy and abroad, including: MACRO Future (Rome), GNAMC (Rome), Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Rome), Museo del Corso (Rome), MLAC – Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Sapienza University (Rome), CIAC Castello Colonna (Genazzano), The Factory for Art and Design (Copenhagen), Careof Fabbrica del Vapore (Milan), Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci (Prato), Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, MNAC (Bucharest), Cortile del Maglio (Turin), Galleria Metis-NL (Amsterdam), Studio Stefania Miscetti (Rome), Galleria Tina Modotti (Udine), Teatro Miela and Galleria LipanjePuntin (Trieste), Centre d’Art Contemporain (Brussels), Galleria EOF (Paris), Goethe-Institut (Toronto), Up and Coming Film Festival (Hannover).
Awards and Grants: Finalist Premio Fabbri (2024), Premio Termoli (2009), Premio Terna (2008), Talent Prize Fondazione Roma (2001), Winner Unicredit Group / Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro (2006), Berlinale Talent Campus Grant, Winner Talk to the City (Careof, Milan), Winner Pagine Bianche d’Autore SEAT (Luca Beatrice), Audience Award Poetry Film Festival Berlin (2002), Commission for Saint-Étienne Design Biennale (2000), Research grants and residencies in France and Mali.
Her works are included in public and private collections such as UNICREDIT Group, Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, SEAT Pagine Bianche, Co.Re.Ve, Saint-Gobain, and Museo d’Arte Contemporanea ex-Manifattura Tabacchi (Città Sant’Angelo).
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