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Elias Sime at the 2022 Venice Biennale

The Milk of Dreams

April 23 - November 27, 2022

Venice, Italy

ELIAS SIME, Red Leaves, 2021

ELIAS SIME

Red Leaves, 2021

Three dimensional wall piece with woven electrical wires and other components on wood panels

81 x 237 x 7 in.
205.7 x 602 x 17.8 cm

 

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Press Release

Ethiopian artist Elias Sime creates monumental modular artworks out of salvaged technological materials including electrical wires, circuit boards, keyboards, and other computer parts. Transformation is at the heart of his approach to creation: his art is about telling a story using the materials that will best express it. In his new works for the 59th Venice Biennale, Sime works in three dimensions, bringing his wall-based artworks into conversation with his sculptural and architectural practices, and pushing against restrictive boundaries between media. As Sime often says, “I make my art with freedom, and I want viewers to freely interpret them from their own points of view.”

 

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