Vanessa Safavi – le phare journal n. 10

Vanessa Safavi - le phare journal n. 10
centre culturel suisse, Paris
article by Jill Gasparina
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le phare journal n.10

Wandering Magazine n.1 – Vanessa Safavi / Silvio Do Nascimento

Wandering # 1
Herausgeberin: Pierrette Schlettwein 
Verleger: Tenzing Barshee, Dan Solbach 

Redaktion: Tenzing Barshee
Grafik: Dan Solbach 
Conversation between Vanessa Safavi and Silvio Do Nascimento
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Vanessa Safavi – Don’t you have anything else to talk about than the color of your car?

Vanessa Safavi in discussion with Pauline Beaudemont,
Capetown - New York, April 12th 2011.
Translation by Jeanne-Salomé Rochat.
published in Novembre, issue 3 (S/S 2011)
www.novembremagazine.com

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Vanessa Safavi – Kunstbulletin 10/2011

Vanessa Safavi
Fokus by Christiane Rekade
Kunstbulletin 10/2011
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Vanessa Safavi – Art in America

Vanessa Safavi
Kunsthaus Glarus, solo exhibition
review by Aoife Rosenmeyer

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Vanessa Safavi – Reviews – Art in America

Vanessa Safavi – The best fisherman is not the one who catches the most fish but the one who enjoys fishing the most

The best fisherman is not the one who catches the most fish 
but the one who enjoys fishing the most




2011
Edition. Fluorescent light (orange - yellow - violet) 
Produced by CREATIVE MATCH KREUZBERG 2011 
for Vanessa Safavi - Chert gallery & Motto distribution, Berlin

15 x 20 cm circa
Ed. 30 - price on request

The piece 'The best fisherman is not the one who catches 
the most fish but the one who enjoys fishing the most' (2011), 
was originally produced for Vanessa Safavi's solo exhibition 
in Cape Town, South Africa (Pro Helvetia residency program, 
2011). 
The installation is composed of different colored neon lights 
in the form of the capital letter M. This simple shape refers 
to the way children commonly draw birds and consequently 
acts as a very frequently used and simple gesture. 
Simultaneously, the use of neon lights are reminiscent of 
marketing and advertising logos. On the occasion of 
Kreuzberg/CMK 2011 the installation is extended to an edition 
of 30 single pieces. In this context, the piece appropriates 
a new meaning; heavily reminding of the M from McDonalds - 
of which a restaurant was built in the middle of Kreuzberg 
a couple of years ago and causing a heated debate in the 
district - it symbolizes the increasing gentrification in 
the neighbourhood.

Vanessa Safavi – Blind Traveller

 



Vanessa Safavi
"Blind Traveller"
published on the occasion of the exhibitions:
Vanessa Safavi "Resorts", Kunsthaus Glarus, August-October 2011
and "Between the Tree and a Plastic Chair", Vanessa Safavi
solo exhibition at Chert, Berlin, September-October 2010.
Published by
Chert, Berlin & Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, September 2011
texts by Jennifer Chert, Sabine Rusterholz Petko, Vanessa Safavi.
Graphic design: Nils Reinke-Dieker
€ 11

Vanessa Safavi – Spike Magazine, Oct. 2010

Between the Tree and a Plastic Chair
Vanessa Safavi solo exhibition, Chert, Berlin -
Review by Andreas Schlaegel.
Spike_Vanessa Safavi_Oct.2010_low res

Drinnen & Draussen exhibition catalogue. Chert/Motto

“Drinnen & Draussen”
a group exhibition with Alejandro Almanza Pereda, Lucy Coggle,
Jérémie Gindre, Petrit Halilaj, Karin Hueber, Hannah James,
Heike Kabisch, Valerie Krause, Roseline Rannoch, Heiko Räpple,
Vanessa Safavi, Carla Scott Fullerton, John Spiteri, Philippe
van Wolputte. 
26 June - 26 August, 2010 Chert / Motto 
Skalitzerstr. 68 10997 Berlin
The show invites 14 artists from various countries including
Germany, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, Great Britain,
Mexico and Kosovo. 
The different works are situated both inside the gallery space
and outside of it, using part of the courtyard where Chert and
Motto are located. In this way, the attentionis moving between
the ideas of precariousness and delicacy, creating  a different
approach to the public in respect ofthe artwork,  focusing on
the differences between a traditional gallery  context and an
extemporaneous placement.
58 pages 
With texts by Katharina Jörder, Dagmar Heppner, Olga Lewicka,
Michele Robecchi, Anke Volkmer 

Design: Sam de Groot 
Printed by Nina Reisinger 
Published by Chert & Motto
€ 13

Vanessa Safavi – Collection Cahiers d’Artistes 2010

Vanessa Safavi
text by Kim Seob Boninsegni
Collection Cahiers d'Artistes 2010
Pro Helvetia
Fondation suisse pour la culture/Swiss Arts Council
Edizioni Periferia
Vanessa Safavitext by Kim Seob Boninsegni
Collection Cahiers d'Artistes 2010Pro HelvetiaFondation suisse pour 
la culture/Swiss Arts CouncilEdizioni Periferia