Tag Archives: Turkey

“Apricots from Damascus” — A Zine and Exhibition Project in Istanbul

by Elizabeth Larison | Feb 29, 2016

“Apricots from Damascus” — A Zine and Exhibition Project in Istanbul

by Elizabeth Larison | Feb 29, 2016

Contemporary movements of exodus and forced migration have sparked global anxiety as the number of displaced people worldwide approaches 60 million. All over, people necessarily cross borders, and in a …

Access 100 Artists: Get Involved!

by Rosanna Flouty | Jan 25, 2013

Access 100 Artists: Get Involved!

by Rosanna Flouty | Jan 25, 2013

Art21’s Director of Education, Rosanna Flouty, sends out a call to action. Get involved with our latest initiative, Access 100 Artists, and host a screening!

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Toward a Possible Body: An Interview with Emily Roysdon

by Marissa Perel | Jan 11, 2013

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Toward a Possible Body: An Interview with Emily Roysdon

by Marissa Perel | Jan 11, 2013

Marissa Perel speaks with Emily Roysdon about her recent performance at the Tate Modern, and her participation in MoMA’s first annual performance symposium.

The Storyteller: An Interview with Hera Buyuktasciyan

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Aug 24, 2012

The Storyteller: An Interview with Hera Buyuktasciyan

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Aug 24, 2012

Istanbul-based artist Hera Buyuktasciyan’s projects draw on the stories people tell–some tragic, others triumphant–about family, community, and their relation to individual self-worth.

The Power of Simple: An Interivew with Ha Za Vu Zu

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Aug 21, 2012

The Power of Simple: An Interivew with Ha Za Vu Zu

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Aug 21, 2012

Elizabeth Wolfson talks to Ha Za Vu Zu, an artist collective whose performances play on the thin boundary between performer and audience.

Double Or Nothing: An Interview with Serkan Ozkaya

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Aug 17, 2012

Double Or Nothing: An Interview with Serkan Ozkaya

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Aug 17, 2012

What do Michelangelo’s “David” and a piece of fusilli pasta have in common? Read Elizabeth Wolfson’s interview with Turksih artist Serkan Ozkaya to find out.

Jasmine Justice: Style Is Just Another Tool

by Thea Liberty Nichols | Aug 8, 2011

Jasmine Justice: Style Is Just Another Tool

by Thea Liberty Nichols | Aug 8, 2011

Thea Liberty Nichols: I had the pleasure of getting to know you while working in my previous post at 65GRAND gallery, and it was lovely seeing you in town again …

Inspired Reading

Introducing Inspired Reading and Jens Hoffmann’s Istanbul Biennial Reading List

by Kelly Huang | Jul 25, 2011

Inspired Reading

Introducing Inspired Reading and Jens Hoffmann’s Istanbul Biennial Reading List

by Kelly Huang | Jul 25, 2011

Each month, Inspired Reading features an interview with an artist or cultural producer about their current project(s), focusing on what texts have informed them along the way. Each column includes a …

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | Cengiz Tekin

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Jul 12, 2011

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | Cengiz Tekin

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Jul 12, 2011

If Şener Özmen (the subject of last month’s Turkish and Other Delights post) is the godfather of Diyarbakır’s contemporary art community, then his long-time collaborateur, artist Cengiz Tekin, is its …

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio | Serkan Özkaya

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jul 1, 2011

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio | Serkan Özkaya

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jul 1, 2011

Serkan Özkaya is a contemporary conceptual artist based in Istanbul, Turkey, and New York City. His work deals with topics of appropriation and reproduction and it typically operates outside of …

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | Şener Özmen

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Jun 14, 2011

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | Şener Özmen

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Jun 14, 2011

While preparing to travel to Diyarbakır, the largest city in southeastern Turkey, I discovered that telling Turkish people who live outside of that region that you’re going to visit Diyarbakır …

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | Aslı Çavuşoğlu

by Elizabeth Wolfson | May 10, 2011

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | Aslı Çavuşoğlu

by Elizabeth Wolfson | May 10, 2011

A small black and white newspaper photograph hangs on the wall of Aslı Çavuşoğlu’s studio, located in an old warehouse in Istanbul’s Karaköy district. The photograph is crowd shot, taken …

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | PiST///

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Apr 12, 2011

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | PiST///

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Apr 12, 2011

  PiST///Interdisciplinary Art Space is storefront gallery space and artist project co-directed by artists Didem Özbek and Osman Bozkurt. Opened in 2006, PiST/// is located in Istanbul’s Pangaltı neighborhood, a …

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | Burak Arıkan

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Mar 22, 2011

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | Burak Arıkan

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Mar 22, 2011

Burak Arıkan is a busy guy. When we met in Istanbul two months ago to discuss his work, he had recently returned to the city from a net art conference …

Sampling the Document or Documenting the Sample: An Interview with Banu Cennetoglu

by Alex Freedman | Mar 11, 2011

Sampling the Document or Documenting the Sample: An Interview with Banu Cennetoglu

by Alex Freedman | Mar 11, 2011

Banu Cennetoglu’s website has read “meşgul/busy” since the summer. And even after four months of emails, having never meet in person, Banu Cennetgolu is still a source of fascinating mystery …

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights: Nazım Hikmet Richard Dikbaş

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Mar 8, 2011

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights: Nazım Hikmet Richard Dikbaş

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Mar 8, 2011

In talking to dozens of artists, curators, and critics over the past few months, over and over I have heard the same term used by those located within the community …

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | biriken

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Feb 24, 2011

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | biriken

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Feb 24, 2011

biriken is the five year old interdisciplinary, collaborative project of Melis Tezkan and Okan Urun. Working at the intersection of performance art, installation art, and traditional theater practice, Tezkan and …

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | An Interview with Vasıf Kortun (Part II)

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Feb 11, 2011

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | An Interview with Vasıf Kortun (Part II)

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Feb 11, 2011

Following is the second half an interview Elizabeth Wolfson conducted with Vasif Kortun. Read part one here. — Ed. Perhaps more than any other individual, Vasıf Kortun has redirected the …

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | An Interview with Vasıf Kortun (Part I)

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Feb 10, 2011

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights | An Interview with Vasıf Kortun (Part I)

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Feb 10, 2011

Perhaps more than any other individual, Vasıf Kortun has redirected the trajectory of recent Turkish art history. As Chief Curator and Director of the 3rd Istanbul Biennial in 1992, Kortun …

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights: Extramücadele/Extrastruggle

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Jan 25, 2011

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights: Extramücadele/Extrastruggle

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Jan 25, 2011

Extrastruggle is an enormous project which began in 1997. It works on imaginary demands from imaginary customers. Just like a graphic designer designing a logo for a client, it designs …

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights: An Introduction

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Jan 11, 2011

Turkish and Other Delights

Turkish and Other Delights: An Introduction

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Jan 11, 2011

Art21 is pleased to announce our newest column on the blog — the first of several new endeavors for 2011. Turkish and Other Delights is a column devoted to exploring …
Barbara Kruger

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 16, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 16, 2010

This week in the roundup … Barbara Kruger gets a celebration started, Cao Fei has her eyes on a prize, Cai Guo-Qiang goes in with a bang, Raymond Pettibon is into …

No Nukes

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 11, 2009

No Nukes

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 11, 2009

Four years ago, when using Google Earth satellites to zoom in on the roofs of our homes was all the rage, I was living in a Hudson River hamlet about …

Time for Turkey: Allora & Calzadilla at Istanbul Biennial

by Ana Otero | Aug 2, 2007

Time for Turkey: Allora & Calzadilla at Istanbul Biennial

by Ana Otero | Aug 2, 2007

The collaborative artist team of Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, better known simply as Allora & Calzadilla, and featured in Paradox, from the upcoming fourth season of Art in the …