Same84, one of the most important street artists of recent decades, presents a unique art exhibition at the National Museum of Tirana.
This exhibition is the first of its kind in Albania.

Same84 started his first steps in public art in 1996 in Athens and since then it has become a continuous growing trend, creating mostly murals on extremely large surfaces throughout Europe and beyond.

In this exhibition, Same84 presents many of his new works on canvas, which have been worked with mixed technique, thus maintaining the same technique with which he works on the walls in open public space. This fact gives a special feeling to the road on the canvas, while the cement textures and spray writing emphasize this feeling. Strong contrasts are characteristic for this art.

The title of the exhibition “WE ARE OUR HEROES” refers to exactly what the title mentions. As the artist puts it, “all the works in the exhibition are inspired by our human power and the need to bring out of ourselves the hero we all hide in our souls. Based on this reasoning, I have tried with my works to “connect” the everyday people we meet in our daily lives, with the “modern” heroes. “And in a way that one ‘shadows’ the other, showing that it is our duty to ‘capture’ our own lives and finally become our heroes.”

The exhibition of Same84 is hosted in the emblematic space of the National Museum of Tirana and is part of the activities for the European Youth Capital. Implemented under the supervision of Kyriakos Iosifidis (UrbanAct) and Helidon Haliti, with the care and support of the National Youth Congress, the Municipality of Tirana and the Greek Embassy in Tirana.

/Klara Ruci/