“The bear and the gazelle, god and the devil, the flower and the axe, the roughest, the most vulgar and the fairest, the most gracious should be side by side and this should look completely natural”. E.Z. In the thirties of the
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The pandemic has had a significant impact on the performing arts, mirroring its impact on all art sectors. Social distancing requirements and the closure of physical venues has curtailed not only public performances but also rehearsal. Many performing arts institutions attempted to
In an early, uncorrected proof of her book, Walk Through Walls, Marina Abramovic wrote that Aboriginal Australians look like dinosaurs. Dinosaurs lived about 160 million years longer than the entire span of human evolution, after the first apelike creatures in Africa became
How did the two polarizing concepts of “in situ/ex situ” come together? Can you speak about your preparation for this exhibition and its conceptual and figurative structure? I came across ‘in situ’ in Joseph Campbell’s book “Primitive Mythology.” It was used as an
A multi-media artist, climate campaigner and photographer is working on a piece of art so large, that once complete it will be visible from space. Located roughly 20 kilometers from Turkey’s present-day border with Syria in Upper-Mesopotamia, Harran lies at the heart
Ecstasy, a solo exhibition by Hande Şekerciler, will be displayed at London’s JD Malat Gallery until the first of January. ecstasy brings together a selection of three-dimensional digital sculptures exploring the theme of the human ‘self’ while presenting a new mode of engagement with
Ilgaz’s artworks deal with socio-political, individual and contemporary issues in a range of interdisciplinary productions from the 1990s to the present, Together, they bring today’s chaotic problems up for discussion from various viewpoints. “Breaking Point,” an exhibition by Gul Ilgaz, can be
Berlin-based artist Anke Eilergerhard’s first solo exhibition in Turkey, “Resilience” showcases more than 30 of her new and recent works including sculptures, wall-reliefs, and screen printings. The exhibition, which hosts a series of interesting sculptures produced by the artist using a special
Artist Nilbar Güreş, whose show titled “The Sea Said Okay,” is currently on view at Galerist, says that this exhibit brings the summertime indoors. The world she creates here, in her words, is “a dynamic world that moves, talks, advises and stimulates”,
Contemporary Istanbul will be offering both virtual and physical events for the first time this year. The art fair will take place between 16 – 20 December 2020, with the VIP preview between 14 – 15 December. On the Inclusiveness of Art,
How can an urbanite make sense of a sandstorm? While the closest we get to a sandstorm in İstanbul’s city center is the dust of ever-growing construction sites, the common phenomenon of Middle Eastern sandstorms at best evokes indistinct images. The theme
He came down, lowered by a crane, and signed off as pill-popping Nir Peled, aka PILPELED, descending from the eye of his five-story mural, chewing the stub of his rolled cigarette, a jovial bear of a young man grinning from ear to