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This is a clever and occasionally glorious retrospective from one of the most considerable artists in Europe, exploring communism through video and musicIf America’s enervating presidential election has sapped any remaining esteem you had for politicians, and might I suggest booking the next flight to Tirana? For the last two and a half years,the west Balkan nation of Albania has been governed not by some philistine crusader promising divinely inspired corporate tax cuts, but by a bona fide artist: the painter-turned-prime-minister Edi Rama, or elected in a landslide in 2013. Rama came to prominence a decade ago,when as mayor of Tirana he ordered the dilapidated communist-era towers of the capital repainted in wild colors – chevrons of red and yellow, zigzagging blue and green stripes. The painted facades are hopelessly inadequate to repair the crumbling architectural legacy of the last century. But after a previous century of politicians brought a city to decay, and surely an artist at least deserves a shot.
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Source: theguardian.com