Kiasma Theatre, Mannerheiminaukio 2, Helsinki Video works about the Transitoriness of Life PDF (8mb) Screening project in cooperation with URB 12, the festival of urban art. The video works by the invited artists bring forth many different interpretations of public space. One of the themes...
Author: Necmi Sönmez
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul Presenting the collection and temporary exhibitions within an integral whole at Borusan Contemporary, the Spot On presentation aims to show the “organic structure of the collection” and present the works of artists, represented in the collection, side by side. It became...
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul Dealing with color, form and concepts initiated by the transformation of space in his works, Gerwald Rockenschaub’s solo show at Borusan Contemporary is entitled “4to2floors”. The artist reinterpreted Perili Köşk’s second and fourth floor exhibition spaces. Taking specific term from techno...
Galerist, Istanbul This exhibition comprises of Nil Yalter’s canvas paintings as of 1965 as well her early video works. Video installations titled ‘Harem’ (1979-1980), ‘Sound of Painting’ (2005-2008) and ‘Lord Byron Meets the Shaman Woman’ (2009) which have an important place within Yalter’s artistic development, constitute the main...
Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul This collection must be evaluated in line with its most important common denominator, that is to say, the way in which the artists represented have in their works shown a concern with “the crises and triumphs of contemporary...
ISCP Gallery and Artistic Intervention in Public Space Brooklyn In back of the real is a seminal poem written in 1954 by Allen Ginsberg. A ‘flower of industry’ survives in the poem despite its abandonment in front of a tank factory, reflecting the effects...
2011
Considering the Circumstances: The Second Show Annual Exhibition of ArtCenter Istanbul [4.2.2011 – 12.3.2011]
Borusan Music House Istanbul I had always been interested in the way unfinished works were open to momentary changes, influences and most importantly to different techniques. In preparing the ArtCenter/Istanbul exhibition, I aimed to construct a different conceptual framework. After successful organized first exhibition...
Austro-Turk Tabacco Building, Izmir —————————— Please visit the PORTIZMIR website for further details and to view the works: www.portizmir.org
2010
„Unerwartet / Unexpected˝, Von der islamischen Kunst zur zeitgenössischen Kunst [19.06. – 10.10.2010]
Kunstmuseum Bochum The exhibition Unerwartet / Unexpected is the official contribution of the Kunstmuseum Bochum to ‘Mapping the Region’, the series of exhibitions hosted by the Ruhr Art Museums on the occasion of the Capital of Culture Ruhr.2010. On three mutually interdependent levels (Photography...
Borusan Müzikevi, Istanbul ArtCenter/Istanbul is a contemporary art center project brought to life in 2008, under the aegis of Borusan Culture and Arts. Under Ahmet Kocabıyık’s direction and support, its workshop facilities offered to young artists under the age of 35. In preparing the...