SPAM-CONTEMPORARY, Düsseldorf Björn Severin (1968, Orsoy am Rhein) has been practicing architecture and urban planning for more than 20 years. In the course of the Nineties Severin developed his feeling for larger structures, for the coherence between architecture and landscape, but his most significant...
Author: Necmi Sönmez
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul As the name “Istanbul Diary: Tour-Retour” implies, the exhibition is composed of works inspired by what Düsseldorf based artist Paul Schwer saw during his trips to Istanbul between 2007-2012. The heart of Spot On #6 is the work entitled “Galata”. Paul...
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul Bengü Karaduman is the youngest artist represented in the SPOT ON exhibition series which focus on works in the Borusan Contemporary collection. Having hosted eminent figures of the international contemporary art world previously, such as Manfred Mohr, Ola Kolehmainen, Sol LeWitt...
Borusan Music House Istanbul PDF (2.2mb) “Untold Unwritten: Fourth Show” presents never-before-seen works of nine artists working at the ArtCenter/Istanbul residency program which started its activities in 2009 with the initiative of the Borusan Kocabıyık Foundation to provide a platform for communication, sharing and...
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul PDF (1mb) The “SPOT ON” exhibitions developed to present both the collection and the temporary exhibitions in an organic entirety at the Borusan Contemporary are aimed at pointing towards the “organic structure of the collection” by bringing works of the artists...
Kiasma Theatre, Mannerheiminaukio 2, Helsinki Video works about the Transitoriness of Life PDF (8mb) Screening project in cooperation with URB 12, the festival of urban art. The video works by the invited artists bring forth many different interpretations of public space. One of the themes...
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul Presenting the collection and temporary exhibitions within an integral whole at Borusan Contemporary, the Spot On presentation aims to show the “organic structure of the collection” and present the works of artists, represented in the collection, side by side. It became...
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul Dealing with color, form and concepts initiated by the transformation of space in his works, Gerwald Rockenschaub’s solo show at Borusan Contemporary is entitled “4to2floors”. The artist reinterpreted Perili Köşk’s second and fourth floor exhibition spaces. Taking specific term from techno...
Galerist, Istanbul This exhibition comprises of Nil Yalter’s canvas paintings as of 1965 as well her early video works. Video installations titled ‘Harem’ (1979-1980), ‘Sound of Painting’ (2005-2008) and ‘Lord Byron Meets the Shaman Woman’ (2009) which have an important place within Yalter’s artistic development, constitute the main...
Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul This collection must be evaluated in line with its most important common denominator, that is to say, the way in which the artists represented have in their works shown a concern with “the crises and triumphs of contemporary...