chicken-adorned airplane can fly you to petrit halilaj's exhibition at museo tamayo, mexico

petrit halilaj: runik at museo tamayo

If you’re flying to Mexico soon, you may find yourself boarding an aircraft with a chicken drawing by Petrit Halilaj. The Kosovar artist has inscribed a large-scale chicken—a bird famously known as one of the few unable to fly—onto a Boeing 737 aircraft operated by Aeroméxico. The illustration is accompanied by Albanian text reading ‘From Runik with love, referring to Halilaj’s hometown as well as the title of his latest exhibition at Museo Tamayo, in Mexico. Running until April 2024, the show, titled Petrit Halilaj: RUNIK, brings together an array of artworks, including colossal flowers, otherworldly avian creatures, sculptures, drawings, and installations, all transforming the museum’s spaces into a fantastical world. 

Petrit Halilaj’s works transform the museum’s spaces | all images courtesy of Museo Tamayo

symbolizing home and migration

Petrit Halilaj’s (find more here) animal sculptures and other intricate installations gather around a scaled floating representation of the house he and his family constructed in Pristina, Kosovo’s capital. This new dwelling was built following the destruction of their old home in Runik during the Kosovo War bombings. Both the symbolic rendition of his family’s former residence and the airplane motif encapsulate Halilaj’s memories of belonging and aspirations for migration.

Petrit Halilaj: RUNIK at Museo Tamayo (find more here) marks the artist’s inaugural solo exhibition in Latin America, illustrating how art functions not only as his conduit for exploration and understanding of the world but also as a means to navigate complex emotions surrounding his homeland’s history and his personal identity. Presently residing in Berlin yet deeply connected to Kosovo and various global locales, Halilaj’s concept of home is rooted in emotional bonds.

the show brings together an array of artworks, including colossal flowers

 

 

 

 

 

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the exhibits gather around a scaled floating representation of the house he and his family constructed in Pristina, Kosovo

otherworldly avian creatures can also be found among the works

the exhibition encapsulates Halilaj’s memories of belonging and aspirations for migration

Petrit Halilaj: RUNIK marks the artist’s inaugural solo exhibition in Latin America

the exhibiton illustrates how art functions as a means to navigate complex emotions surrounding belonging, history and personal identity

project info:

name: Petrit Halilaj: RUNIK
artist: Petrit Halilaj
curated by: José Esparza Chong Cuy

curatorial assistant: Ana Sampietro Brosa
location: Museo Tamayo, Mexico