"At this year's Frieze London and Art Basel Paris fairs, many visitors were surprised to find works by an unexpected artist: Albania's prime minister, Edi Rama. Rama-who secured an unprecedented fourth term in May after campaigning to bring Albania into the EU-is also an established artist. Trained at Tirana's Academy of Fine Arts, he spent several years working in Paris before turning to politics in the late 1990s."
"Since then, he has continued to make art, exhibiting at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and twice at the Venice Biennale, and often remarking that drawing has helped him endure long government meetings. On 9 October, the Berlin gallery Société announced it had added Rama-a charismatic and often controversial leader currently embroiled in multiple scandals-to its roster of a dozen artists."
Edi Rama, Albania's prime minister and an established artist, presented colorful pen-and-oil drawings and painted bronze sculptures at Frieze London and Art Basel Paris. He trained at Tirana's Academy of Fine Arts, worked in Paris, entered politics in the late 1990s, and secured a fourth term in May after campaigning to bring Albania into the EU. He has exhibited at the Centre Pompidou and twice at the Venice Biennale. Berlin gallery Société added him to its roster and displayed around 25 drawings and two painted bronze sculptures at Frieze, with a smaller selection shown at Art Basel Paris. Around half the drawings sold and negotiations continue for the sculptures.
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