Bazaar Extravaganza (2024) - No longer on display

Bazaar Extravaganza is a public installation set in two places, the city of Peja and that of Prishtina.

The piece includes two parallel stalls, similar at essence but different at look. The two have decided to exchange their places, and reposition themselves in different sceneries. The first one is extravagant, shiny and decorative, hiding its flaws under the foil curtains and helium balloons. Its collection includes thematic prints, posters and catalogs from exhibitions of different galleries in Prishtina set in recent years.

It is located in the heart of the main and oldest bazaar of Peja, the first and only city to have an Art’s High School. The city’s artistic scene doesn’t hold the same glory as before, and it has become passive throughout the years, leaving the spaces artistically poor. The traveling stall standing out in the middle of the crowd, is calling for action! It needs its uncommon visitors to give it a chance, and take away pieces of the collection. It’s twin sister, has taken place in front of a more contemporary society, informed of the artistic industry and updated with new creative approaches.

It stands uncertain, exposed, and purely improvised, feeling left out and ordinary. It doesn’t understand that its collection of kitsch prints taken from the trees of Peja, is not to be given, for its sole purpose is to be looked at. Instead, the more the piece gets recognition, the more anxious it will get, as it is not used to being the center of attention.