Edi Rama: Work (bilingual)

The oeuvre of the Albanian artist and prime minister Edi Rama is inseparable from his political career. During telephone conferences and meetings, he creates drawings and watercolours on the copies of his schedule, his work notes, on minutes, faxes, and other pieces of correspondence.

The art he produces in the environs of national power forms an abstract journal, a vivid recording of political life and the everyday tensions between power and art. Work is the first publication to present the drawings, ceramic sculptures, and a tapestry, which was inspired by a similar tapestry in Rama's office in Tirana.

Made up of more than seven hundred of Rama's drawings, the tapestry runs throughout the entire book, creating an immanent connection between his works. Besides essays on Rama's work, the book also features a conversation with the artist.