56. Venedik Bienali’inde en çok ilgi çeken enstalasyonun sahibi Japon sanatçı Chiharu Shiorta olmuştu. Shiota, Türk izleyicisinin önceden gördüğü ve tanıdığı bir sanatçı. Zorlu Performans Sanatları alanında İlk Ev adlı eserini sergilemişti. Venedik Bienali’inde ise geçmiş, kişinin kişisel tarihi ve bellek üzerine temalarla çalıştı.          Japon bir sanatçı olarak geçmiş ile günümüzü […]

From CI Mag Magazine Chiharu Shiota’s installation, “The Key in the Hand,” is the talk of the art world. She made the work for the Japan Pavillion at the 56th Venice Biennale this year.  We spoke to the artist about her process, about memory, and about her installation in Venice How does, say, the traditional […]

CI Mag dergisinden Acuatico İspanyol sanatçı Pablo Genoves Aknbank Sanat’ın düzenlediği sergi kapsamında Türkiye’de. Bu kapsamda Genoves’nin en ünlü eserleri Akbank sergileniyor. Genovese, CI Mag’e insan yapımı geniş alanların dijital olarak montajladığı “vintage” fotoğraflardan ve bu alanları eserlerinde su öğesi ile nasıl birleştirdiğini ve doğal öğelerin kullanımını anlatıyor. Biraz geçmişsinizden ve nasıl sanatçı olduğunuzdan bahseder […]

The 14th Istanbul Biennial the biennial will be a city-wide exhibition held in a variety of different venues. The press conference for the biennial held on Sept 2 at Istanbul’s Italian High School with the attendance of draft- person Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, İKSV Chairman Bülent Eczacıbaşı and Istanbul Biennial Director Bige Örer and also biennial sponsor […]

New exhibition on performance art questions its evolvement in Turkey. The show’s curator Dr Marcus Graf speaks to Hürriyet Daily News on sociological, educational, economical reasons of slow development of performance art and how his latest exhibition reflects on them  When Turkey’s history in art has been scrutinized it is possible to discover there is […]

Satisfaction can come with many things… So when we say satisfaction- we can talk about physical, mental, sexual satisfaction and on the other hand there is the cultural background to it, just as Turkish artist duo :mentalKLINIK used in their latest exhibition Turkish artist duo :mentalKLINIK, who come to afore with their large scale installations […]

Continuing until March 31 Studio X hosts artist Tayfun Serttaş’ new exhibition titled ‘Cemetery of Architects’ looks at the span of fifty years that re-created Istanbul’s urban identity with European and the Ottoman synthesis HATİCE UTKAN As an artist Tayfun Serttaş is always following the traces of history on the city and also on the […]

Currently on display at Pilot Gallery, Murat Şahinler’s exhibition ‘I have a feeling’ is featuring the recent works of Istanbul based artist until March 23 Hatice UTKAN It is not easy to subject a certain point of view with a painting practice. However, works of Murat Şahinler now on display at Istanbul’s Pilot Gallery, proves […]

Art Unlimited’e yayımlanlmıştır Hatice Utkan Arik Levy sanatsal işlerini üretirken sosyal kodlar, duygular, davranış şekilleri ve gündelik alışkanlıkları gözeten bir sanatçı. Levy ürettiği işlerin özünde izleyiciye bu öğeleri fark ettirmeden hissettirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Sanatçı, yakın dönemde yarattığı heykeller Create Air, RockStone ve son olarak Art International’da sergilenen Rock Growth sosyal kodların bilimsel şekilde maddeye yansımasını anlatmakta […]

Ranging from ethno-sociology to philosophy and from identities created in migration and sexual exploitation to everything in between, artist Nil Yalter’s works span a wide variety of styles and take in a number of topics. Now, all of the various strands of her work have been collated in a new book. “I was always into […]