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In the selection of the candidates for the edition 2010 of the prize Ardhje, we considered the formal as well as teoretical quality of the works on show, and looked at continuity and development of the artist’s practice, as well as to the relation to the international scene. The work of Ledia Kostandini, Enkelejd Zonia and Dritan Hyska, has such elements, and in the opinion of the jury the three artists deserved a mention. So, for the first time, we would like to assign three prizes: We have been very impressed of the work of Ledia Kostandini, we appreciated her understanding of representation and her use of the camera as a tool to put into form the inherent theatricality of the real. Similarily in the work of Enkelejd Zonja we appreciated the attempt to translate in a traditional yet still very alive medium, the complexity of current times vis a vis the heritage of painting. To Dritan Hyska the jury assigns Ardhije Award 2010. His work shows an understanding of the monument in current times. His photographs are not documentation of the real, but the articulation of the present into language. The architectures that inhabit the albanian landscape and that the artist photographs remind of minimalist sculptures. Avoiding nostalgia, these unfinished buildings offer themselves as monuments, memorials to history and politics of the current times. We hope that the artist will benefit of a period of residency in New York, mantaining his focus and widening his knowledge and research. To Ledia Kostandini and Enkelet Zonja, as acknowledgement of the quality of their work, the jury in accordance and generous support of TICA offers a residency in Tirana. We hope that the residency will be occasion for a fruitful exchange with the foreign artists and a step towards future recognition.  |
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