Agim Zajmi, scenographer, costume designer, painter, People’s Painter, professor, passed away in Tirana. He was born in Tirana, on November 28, 1936, in a family that moved from Peja in 1920. He headed the “Jordan Misja” Artistic High School and attended higher studies at the “IE Rjepin” Institute of the Academy of Arts in Leningrad (1957-1961). From 1961 scenographer at the Opera and Ballet Theater and the National Theatre, then lecturer at the Academy of Arts. His 40-year creativity includes more than 250 productions in scenography, such as “Cuca e maleve” (“The girl of the mountains”)(1967), “Gjenerali i ushtrisë së vdekur” (“The general of the dead army”)(1972), “Familja e peshkatarit” (“The fisherman’s family”)(1974), etc., from the national dramaturgy; “Romeo and Juliet”, “Twelfth Night”, “Luiza Miller”, etc., from world dramaturgy. Agim Zajmi has over 300 achievements in costume design. The main characteristics of Agim Zajmi’s scenography are: supporting the dramatic work, breaking down its philosophy, creating the necessary space for the actor’s play, which allows him to functionally organize the stage action; the use of metaphor, the special role of lighting and finally costume design. His scenographic language is poetic, which is why he is also called a stage poet. As a painter, Agim Zajmi showed an early tendency for the historical theme, which later characterized almost all of his creativity. His painting is as conventional as it is subject; symbolism and metaphor are embedded in it, the detail is found in such a way , to express a general thought, this is necessary for the work of figurative art. (In the photo: Agim Zajmi)
Text: Albanian encyclopedic dictionary – Vol. 3 , Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kristalina-KH”, Tirana, 2009, page 2971-2972.
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