I am meeting a hybrid of past and now, exhibition view at FRAGILE, Berlin. 2020.
Dardan Zhegrova’s (b. 1991 in Prishtina, Kosvo. Lives and works in Prishtina) interdisciplinary practice melds poetry, performance, drawing and soft sculpture to explore memory, intimacy and the construction of identity. Recently, the artist has made a series of large-scale puppets and dolls inspired by the artist’s childhood during the Yugoslavian wars of the 1990s. Selected solo exhibitions and performances include: I DREAMT OF A HYBRID OF PAST AND NOW, Fragile, Berlin (2020); We all run around the backyard, Bazement, Prishtina (2019); Lucky Pierre: Crush at the other table, Pogo Bar at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2018); and You look like you know how to treat a body, with trio Heinz Herbert, Gessneralle Theater, Zurich (2015). Forthcoming projects include a solo exhibition at PET Projects, Athens.