Jonuz Selimi with the face of Pablo Picasso

2022-04-21 11:02:17Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA BEN BLUSHI
Jonuz Selimi with the face of Pablo Picasso
Jonuz Selimi

Jonuz Selimi is from Durrës. Makes portraits. Go out every day on the sidewalk in front of the sea.
When people accept, he paints them. There is a bag full of portraits. I do not know how much he sells. He did not tell me.
I first saw him in February. It was raining. It was very windy. I had a hood on my head. Jonuz Selimi had a hat. With shelter.
He spoke English to me.
Hey, American, American.
No, I told
Aaaaa italiano, italiano
I took a picture. Maybe two. Or three.
Io sculptor, Albanian sculptor.
I took some more pictures. Maybe ten. Twenty.
Artista, artista, said Jonuz Selimi.
Pablo Picaso, Pablo Picaso di Durraco, I said
Like Si Pablo Picasso, Pablo Picasso,
Albanian artist, sculptor, sculptor Come
on,
Jonuz Selimi started walking. He would turn around and make me follow him by hand.
About 50 feet [50 m] from where he stood, on the seafront was a carved portrait. In stone.
Io, Io, sculpture. Io in marmo.
It was Jonuz Selimi himself. Made by Jonuz Selimi. In red marble.
Vedi kua, he told me. Jonuzo Selimi, kua kua, and showed his signature on the stone.
Bravo, bravo Pablo Picaso di Durraco, I said while photographing Jonuz Selimi on Jonuz Selimi.
No no, tha. Io Jonuzo Selimi
Albanian Artist. Io facebook facebook.
He took a card from his pocket. It was his Facebook address. Handwritten.
A few days ago I found him in the car. I remembered Jonuz Selimi.
I went back to Durrës. In Pedonalen opposite the sea.
It was hot. Lots of sun. Fewer birds. More people.
Jonuz Selimi was there.
Pablo Picasso, I called.
Like, he said, the Albanian artist,
Sculptor, sculptor,
I did some other shots.
Jonuz Selimi had an umbrella. Unopened.
In front of him another man fell to the couple and laughed with us.
I made it by hand to join Jonuz Selimi.
Come on, said Jonuzi. He will take pictures of us.
What is this, said the man.
I do not know what it is, said Jonuzi. Any stranger. American.
They both sat on the bench.
Bravo Albanian artist, I said.
I made the sign from the tent.
A ok, said Jonuz Selimi.
He asks us to open the tent, he told the couple.
E hapi. He extended it from the couple.
Now fall, he said.
But where does the sound come from in the picture, said the man. Pse ti bije kot.
I also signaled him to fall. I ra.
I shot some photos.
Who will take us where, Jonuz Selimi told him. In any exhibition. Stay good.
The couple laughed. Jonuz Selimi pitched his tent.
Gracie Pablo Picasso, Grande Jonuzo Selimi, I told him.
Like, Jonuzo Selimi, Albanian artist, said Jonuz Selimi,
He gave me a card again. With the Facebook address.
I now have two cartons in the car.
I will go again.
Better three than two.
Pablo Picasso has not had facebook.


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