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Aleksandra Mir: Plane Landing in Zürich and Paris Apr 18 - Jun 13, 2009
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Aleksandra Mir
Plane Landing in Paris #0001, 2008
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Aleksandra Mir's vision centers on the creation of a purpose-designed helium balloon in the shape and size of a passenger jet plane. Suspended above the ground in a permanent state of landing, the plane had its premiere in the UK in 2004 against a quintessentially English backdrop, before embarking on a global tour to other 'picture postcard' destinations. In July 2008, the plane "landed" at the Zurich airport, and in October, it arrived to Paris where it was photographed against various historic landmarks. Plane Landing is an event: the production of the balloon, its travel to new destinations, the inflation, its 'landing' and the documentation of all these parts constitute the artwork.
This new exhibition present two sets of photographs shot in 2008 during the plane inflations at Zurich airport, as part of the exhibition "Shifting Identities", Kunsthaus Zurich, and in Paris during FIAC.
Born in 1967 in Lubin, Poland. Citizen of Sweden and of the USA. Aleksandra Mir lives in Palermo, Sicily. Exhibiting soon at the Schirn Kunstalle Frankfurt(may 2009) and at the 53rd Venice Biennale, her recent exhibitions include White House, Mary Boone Gallery, NY( 2008), Sicilian Pavillon, Venice Biennal (2007), Shifting Identities (2008), Switzerland and Others Islands, Kunsthaus, Zurich (2006)...
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