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Auction houses this year are aiming high with new and old works of Turkish art. While last year they saw good sales even though there was a global crisis, this year they are targeting high sales.The auction season starts with three events that will be held by Antik A.Ş. and Beyaz Auction house between Nov. […]
Interview with Ali Kazma- Published in City Brief Ali Kazma is in pursuit of a discovery of the human condition. The Turkish video artist, who received the Nam June Paik Media Art Award this year, is aiming to better understand the production of the world while exploring the human condition. Aaxidermist working- from Ali Kazma’s […]
Interview by Hatice Utkan Published in City Brief Emin Mahir Balcıoğlu is the man behind the art scene, having developed many museums in Turkey and directed a number of fairs. Currently directing the Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Balcıoğlu thinks each museum is like a screenplay, as all museums tell a story through their works Emin […]
Hatice UtkanPublished in City Brief- 49th issue The exhibition “Place we have been… Time we have passed by…” focuses on the philosophical aspects of life and denotes the land and people in relation to life. Ekrem Kahraman, an artist who also writes about art and culture aims to explore philosophy in his drawings.Postmodernists have declared […]
Sabah Kitap-21 Ağustos 2008- http://arsiv.kultur.sabah.com.tr/2008/08/22/kit130-110001-20080821-1100.html Yıllardır büyük Fransız romancısı Alexandre Dumas’nın izini süren, onun yayımlanmamış metinlerini en ince detayına kadar inceleyen Fransız araştırmacı Claude Schopp’un yeni Dumas romanlarını yayına hazırlama macerasını HATİCE UTKAN anlatıyor. Claude Schopp 2005 yılında Dumas’nın yayımlanmamış roman bölümlerini birleştirmeyi başardı: Le chevalier de Sainte- Hermine (Saint Hermine’in Şövalyesi). Bu romanla Schopp, […]
Hatice Utkan-published in City Brief An exhibition at Artist Gallery in Çukurcuma titled “Nude and Prejudice” focuses on clothes and how they characterize people.“If clothes do not exist, then wars will not exist also,” Ayla Aksoyoğlu, the artist behind the exhibition said. “In a war environment, if we do not know how other people are […]
Published in City BriefHatice Utkan Outlet is following the trail of a new art language developing between the Balkans and the Middle East.After Pakistani artist Hamra Abbas, the gallery is opening the new season with Kosovar artist Jakup Ferri. “Çekirdek Instead of Leblebi,” the first solo show of Ferri in Istanbul, will feature drawings, photos, […]
Published on 48th issue of City Brief Hatice Utkan No one has ever stopped to question how the word “vintage” has evolved over time after it first entered daily parlance. Despite no one being aware, it was Sept. 11, that help this trend evolve. After Sept. 11 the need to turn to the past developed […]
Published on Monday, October 25, 2010 In Turkey translators suffered for years because no one really cared about them.At first it was the “name” or the “label” issue. Translation is part of literature, especially if it involves poetry books or classics. Even though they are doing a really valuable job, it is a fact […]
Edebiyat Dünyası Hatice Utkan -Kitap-lık dergisi – Mart 2009 http://www.ykykultur.com.tr/dergi/?makale=824&id=124 Her Amerikalının kendisiyle ilgili bir şeyler bulduğu bir roman karakteri: Harry Rabbit Angstrom. Lisede bir basketbol yıldızı, sonra parlamayan ışığını sonsuza kadar söndüren aşktan uzak bir evlilik ve nefret ettiği işiyle yaşamak zorunda kalan Rabbit, yaratıcısı John Updike için sadece bir başlangıçtı. 76 yaşında […]