Erjon Hajnaj
E Lirë Të Jem?
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July 27, 04:14 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Erjon Hajnaj
Albania/USA 1977
E Lirë Të Jem?,
Titled, signed and dated 'E Lirë të Jem Roni 24' on reverse
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 48 by 36 in. ; 91.4 by 76.2 cm
Framed: 48.8 by 36.8 in. ; 101.6 by 86.4 cm
Executed in 2024
Courtesy of the artist and ARC.
Chairman's Choice Award in the 17th International ARC Salon® online exhibition;
17th & 18th International ARC Salon® Exhibition at Sotheby's New York, July 17-27, 2026.
Art Renewal Center, International Realism: 17th & 18th International ARC Salons (Woodbridge, UK: ACC Art Books Ltd, 2026), p. 58, illustrated.
“E Lirë të Jem?” which in Albanian translates to “Free to Be?” has been chosen as a title for this piece, which questions the idea of the so-called freedom that one might believe they have. We are free to be what exactly? If culture plays a significant role in shaping us, as well as the history of the ancestors, the changes of technology, and society's expectations, then one must ask an important question to oneself: How free am I really to be who I think I am, or aim to be?” – Erjon Hajnaj