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Until April 23 According to the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, a work of art gives an audience a starting point (punchline) to think about the “reality” and the “thing,” because Heidegger considers the reality of art as “the coming of reality.” The concept of “approaching reality” occurs in the work of art. Not every work […]
Hüseyin Çağlayan kimlik kelimesinin anlamını ve bu kelimenin algı alanıyla oyunlar oynamayı seven bir sanatçı. Kimlik için farklı algılama şekilleri geliştirirken, anlamı içinde bambaşka boyutlar açıyor ve tüm bunları yaparken gecmişten gelen ama geleceğe ve bugüne ait bir platformda yürüyor. Bu şekilde kimlik, geçmiş, gelecek ve şimdi kavramlarını yıkıp tekrar yapılandırıyor. Kimlik kavramını sorgularken Çağlayan […]
Hüseyin Chalayan likes to play with the meanings of identity and its perceptions. While he tries to create different perceptions for identity, he opens new dimensions for the meaning of identity and he walks in a platform that comes from past but also belongs to the future and present. He deconstructs and then again constructs […]
It is very difficult to write a theater play, and Turkey has been a mere spectator for years, watching the rest of the world write good theater plays. This, however, is changing. It has been several years since some independent and new theater venues opened in Istanbul. The important and significant thing about these places […]
Daniel Gervais is an art collector known in Turkey for selling his Mübin Orhon painting last year for a record price. It is always a mystery how the collectors reached those paintings. Sotheby’s magazine March 4- April 20 issue published an interview with Gervais and revealed really essential information about collectors and the paintings they […]
Until March 26 As an artist, Ayşe Erkmen is destined to discover the potential of empty spaces and walls and place spectators in front of them. Because Erkmen can create a masterpiece by using empty spaces and walls. The space is an experience for her. While Erkmen interrogates the social, economic, historical and architectural background […]
French writer Michel Houellebecq writes in his first book “Extension du Domain de la Lutte: “I do not like this world. I do not like it. The society in this world makes me sick.” Luo Qing may be among the few artists who can describe this “sickness” with his paintings. The painter turns this inner […]
On Jan. 13, 1898, the Parisian literary newspaper l’Aurore (The Dawn) published a 4,000-word article by French novelist Emile Zola, written in the form of an open letter to the president of France, entitled “J’Accuse!” (I Accuse!). The novelist blamed the government for injustice and inequality in society. Because of the popularity of the letter, […]
Istanbul needs a revolution in terms of art. Even though there are many developments in terms of art, it is not enough for people who like to live with art. The lack of art spaces is a significant problem for everyone in the city. However, the most significant gap is with independent art spaces in […]
Television has taken over all the authority of people’s lives. A few years ago, for many people television meant something else, it was a sign of development, however now it has become something like an authority and it creates interaction with life. Television programs also remain among the most important authorities. For example, if there […]