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Sketches of flowers, two conversing birds, an eye, a huge drawing of a house and other line drawings are realized as free-standing steel sculpture in Met Museum\u2019s current Roof Commission<\/a> by Kosovan artist Petrit Halilaj. Titled \u2018Abetare,\u2019 after a textbook the artist used in school to learn the alphabet, the installation\u2019s monumental size is belied by its delicate and casually rendered forms, all based on drawings the artist found on school desks in Kosovo and other Balkan countries.\u00a0 Prompted by the planned demolition of his old school, one of the few buildings that remained from the artist\u2019s war-torn hometown, Halilaj preserved the markings of kids from years past, creating a language of drawings that expresses the thoughts and experience of young people. (On view through Oct 27th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

Petrit Halilaj, installation view of \u2018Abetare,\u2019 Met Museum Roof Commission, summer \u201924.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sketches of flowers, two conversing birds, an eye, a huge drawing of a house and other line drawings are realized as free-standing steel sculpture in Met Museum\u2019s current Roof Commission by Kosovan artist Petrit Halilaj. Titled \u2018Abetare,\u2019 after a textbook the artist used in school to learn the alphabet, the installation\u2019s monumental size is belied … <\/p>\n

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