{"title":"Enki Bilal","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnki Bilal (b. 1951, Belgrade) — Franco-Serbian artist, comics author, painter, and filmmaker. Emerging from the Franco-Belgian bande dessinée tradition in the 1970s, Bilal developed a visual language of post-industrial bodies, political dystopias, synthetic skin, and damaged memory that moved progressively from the page into painting, cinema, and large-scale installation. His figures inhabit worlds of atmospheric decay and technological unease, appearing as if passing between analogue and digital states. Major works include the \u003cem\u003eNikopol Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e and the film \u003cem\u003eImmortal\u003c\/em\u003e (2004). His first major exhibition within the Venice Biennale context, \u003cem\u003eInbox\u003c\/em\u003e, was presented at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhibition ephemera, printed matter, and related documents from The New Rare.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"enki-bilal-inbox-fondazione-giorgio-cini-venice-2015","title":"Enki Bilal — Inbox, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 2015","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition postcard \/ announcement card\u003cbr\u003eFondazione Giorgio Cini, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice\u003cbr\u003e8 May – 2 August 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffset print on card stock\u003cbr\u003eApprox. 10.5 × 15 cm · Printed recto and verso\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e very good vintage condition. Light surface wear, minor handling marks, and faint age toning. The marks remain part of the record: evidence of circulation, storage, handling, and transfer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe front reproduces a detail from \u003cem\u003eInbox\u003c\/em\u003e: two spectral, blue-toned faces rendered in Bilal’s characteristic science-fiction palette, suspended somewhere between painting, cinema still, and hallucinated image. The reverse functions as an administrative support, carrying exhibition information, opening dates, institutional logos, and postal fields. Image on one side, distribution mechanism on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued for Enki Bilal’s installation \u003cem\u003eInbox\u003c\/em\u003e, presented during the 56th Venice Biennale at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini. Supported by Artcurial, the project marked Bilal’s first major exhibition within the Biennale context and extended his long-standing movement between comic art, painting, cinema, and immersive installation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilal occupies a singular position within late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century image culture. Emerging from the Franco-Belgian comics tradition before moving into painting, film, and installation, he developed a visual language of post-industrial bodies, political dystopias, synthetic skin, and damaged memory. His figures often appear as if passing between analogue and digital states.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA minor document from a major international art context. Retained evidence of passage through the Biennale economy. Shipping and handling included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53596585230674,"sku":"BILAL-CINI-INV-2015","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Bilal_Enki._Show_invite_Fondazione_Giorgio_Cini._2015_front_1048afbc-b5b7-4150-9021-11e6d703159c.jpg?v=1780039026"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/enki-bilal.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}