Yuri Ancarani

Sculture

Yuri Ancarani, installation view, Sculture, view on Il Capo, 2010, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Yuri Ancarani, installation view, Sculture, view on Piattaforma Luna, 2011, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Yuri Ancarani, installation view, Sculture, view on Da Vinci, 2012, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Yuri Ancarani, installation view, Sculture, view on Séance, 2014, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Yuri Ancarani, installation view, Sculture, view on Séance, 2014, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Yuri Ancarani, installation view, Sculture, view on San Siro, 2014, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Yuri Ancarani, installation view, Sculture, view on San Siro, 2014, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Yuri Ancarani, installation view, Sculture, view on Whipping Zombie, 2017, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Yuri Ancarani, installation view, Sculture, view on Whipping Zombie, 2017, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Yuri Ancarani, installation view, Sculture, view on The Challenge, 2016, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Yuri Ancarani, installation view, Sculture, view on Wedding, 2016, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Yuri Ancarani, installation view, Sculture, view on The Challenge, 2016 (left) and Wedding, 2016 (right), Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Yuri Ancarani, poster for the exhibition, Sculture, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Design: Davide Mosconi

Exhibition text and related events (PDF)
Press images (ZIP)

Yuri Ancarani, Artforum (05/2018)
Yuri Ancarani in Basel, Filmexplorer (05/2018)

Videoausstellung «Sculture» in der Kunsthalle Basel
, telebasel (04/2018)
Yuri Ancarani
, Kunstbulletin (04/2018)
Der Eindringling, der Freitag (03/2018)
“Ich bin kein normaler Mensch, darum sind meine Filme nicht normal”, Radio X (02/2018)
Ob Zombie-Zeremonie, katarische Hochzeit oder Überdruckkammer: Künstler Yuri Ancarani kommt überall rein, bz Basel (02/2018)
I video di Yuri Ancarani in mostra alla Kunsthalle Basel. E c’è anche un inedito: Le immagini, Artribune (02/2018)
ANCARANI, CAMÉRA SCULPTURALE, Le Courrier (02/2018)

As the first exhibition to survey the filmic work of Yuri Ancarani (*1972), this panorama of the Italian artist’s output from 2010 to the present reveals the meticulous precision, distinctive aesthetics, and even sculptural depth to films that critically explore masculinity, labor, and social codes.