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Journeys Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton Paris / UnDo.Net

Wanderings in contemporary Turkey. Eleven artists from different generations use a variety of techniques to evoke, each in their own way, the theme of travel. Some wander through their country, while others embark on an intimate, introspective journey, touching on the universal.

Murat AKAGÜNDÜZ, Halil ALTINDERE, Silva BINGAZ, CANAN, Gözde ILKIN, Murat MOROVA, Ihsan OTURMAK, Ceren OYKUT, Tayfun SERTTAS, Ali TAPTIK, Hale TENGER

Journeys. Wanderings in contemporary Turkey continues the cycle of exhibitions, initiated at the Espace culturel Louis Vuitton in 2006, exploring the contemporary art scene of a foreign country. After Indonesia in 2011, the Espace now turns the spotlight on Turkey.

With its mosaic of populations, Turkey is home to a vibrant art scene, which shows the modern face of this rapidly changing country.

Eleven artists from different generations use a variety of techniques to evoke, each in their own way, the theme of travel, dear to Louis Vuitton. Some wander through their country – vast not only in geographical terms, but also in the scope of its history and the multicultural essence of its people – while others embark on an intimate, introspective journey, touching on the universal.

The strength, beauty and immensity of the Turkish landscape unfold in Murat Morova’s polyptych, in the surprising photographic mise-en-scene by Halil Altindere, and in the installation by Murat Akagündüz, which brings together video and resin painting. Photographer Silva Bingaz shows a reportage featuring the inhabitants of Istanbul, while Ali Taptik creates a patchwork of intimate urban photographs, revealing the mystery of this enigmatic country. Ceren Oykut, meanwhile, takes inspiration from everyday life to express, through her drawings, the fevered, chaotic activity of the city.

Childhood and the past provide another rich vein of inspiration: Ihsan Oturmak paints uniformed schoolchildren from class photographs, while Tayfun Serttas appropriates an astonishing series of archive images in which young girls adopt the same hackneyed pose before the photographer’s lens. The artist Canan goes back over the history of her country with a video portrait of a woman, offering a contemporary vision of Turkish society somewhere between classic ottoman calligraphy and illumination, collage and animated film.

Finally, Gözde Ilkin’s embroideries, composed of objects the artist found on her travels, and Hale Tenger’s globes hanging beneath a starry vault, invite the visitor to wander beyond the borders of this fascinating country.

A romantic and poetic, sometimes even melancholic, bias is expressed in this selection of artworks on the theme of travel, the leitmotif of all exhibitions at the Espace culturel Louis Vuitton. 

Exhibition curator: Hervé Mikaeloff 
Exhibition scenographers: Alain Batifoulier, Simon de Tovar

Since 2008, the Espace culturel Louis Vuitton has organized free access visits and creative workshops for children and young people. These encounters allow schools, individuals and associations to experience contemporary art in an original way.

Image: Gözde İLKİN

Temporary Juxtapositions Volume III, 2009-2012
Technique mixte - Mixed media
Dimensions variables - Variable dimensions
Courtesy - Copyright : Gözde ILKIN et .artSümer

Press contact: Jun Fujiwara T. + 33 1 55 80 33 80  j.fujiwara@fr.vuitton.com
Young Visitors contact: Aurélia Bismuth T. +33 1 53 57 53 77 a.bismuth@fr.vuitton.com

Espace culturel Louis Vuitton
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101, avenue des Champs-Élysées - 75008 / Paris
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Louis Vuitton hosts Turkish art exhibit - Hurriyet Daily News

Turkish contemporary artist Halil Altındere’s new work ‘No Man’s Land’ is among the newly exhibited works at the Louis Vuitton Espace Culturel venue in Paris.

Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton is in the process of organizing an exclusive exhibition for Turkish contemporary art in Parisscheduled to open Oct. 10. Artists Murat Akagündüz, Halil Altındere, Silva Bingaz, CANAN, Gözde İlkin, Murat Morova, Ihsan Oturmak, Ceren Oykut, Tayfun Serttaş, Ali Taptık and Hale Tenger will participate in the exhibition.

The upcoming exhibition, Wanderings in contemporary Turkey, will continue the cycle of exhibitions initiated at the Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton in 2006 that explore the contemporary art scene of a foreign country. After focusing on Indonesia in 2011, the Espace has now turned the spotlight on Turkey.

With its mosaic of populations,  Turkey is home to a vibrant art scene that shows the modern face of this rapidly changing country, said a written statement by Louis Vuitton.

Eleven artists from different generations use a variety of techniques to evoke, each in their own way, a theme dear to famous clothing designer Louis Vuitton: travel. Some wander through  Turkey – vast not only in geographical terms, but also in the scope of its history and the multicultural essence of its people – while others embark on an intimate, introspective journey, touching on universal themes.

According to Vuitton’s statement, the strength, beauty and immensity of the Turkish landscape unfolds in Murat Morova’s polyptych, in the surprising photographic mise-en-scene by Halil Altindere, and in the installation by Murat Akagündüz, which brings together video and resin painting. Photographer Silva Bingaz shows a reportage featuring the inhabitants of Istanbul, while Ali Taptik creates a patchwork of intimate urban photographs, revealing the mystery of this enigmatic country.

Inspirations from daily life

Ceren Oykut, meanwhile, takes inspiration from everyday life to express, through her drawings, the fevered, chaotic activity of the city, said the statement.

Childhood and the past provide another rich vein of inspiration for the involved artists. İhsan Oturmak paints uniformed schoolchildren from class photographs, while Tayfun Serttaş appropriates an astonishing series of archive images in which young girls adopt the same hackneyed pose before the photographer’s lens.

Finally, Gözde İlkin’s embroideries, composed of objects the artist found on her travels, and Hale Tenger’s globes hanging beneath a starry vault, invite the visitor to wander beyond the borders of the country.

The curator of the exhibition is Hervé Mikaeloff. 

Hurriyet Daily News / Louis Vuitton hosts Turkish art exhibit - 02 October 2012

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oto-colonial

oto-colonial / selfportrait, 2012
70x53.3cm, c-print diasec
photography: Teri Erbeş

oto-colonial

In his portrait “oto-colonial” Tayfun Serttaş questions the historical interaction between the every day life cycle and artistic applications in a parodic manner.

In this image which is made of three primary layers – distances – the artist incorporates himself by superimposing his own head onto the deer trophy at the centre of Osep Minasoğlu’s photograph in the background. On the other hand, just like the young people in Minasoğlu’s scene, by using the artificial nature – cacti – in the front layer he creates another trophy which he is holding.

Serttaş, who incorporates himself into the different layers of the decor which evokes classic studio mise en scènes set up in the corner of his house, mirrors his interest in two of his favourite pasttimes, photographs and cacti.

* Oto-colonial: It has been individualised by distorting the concept of “auto-colonialism” which is used for the process of self-colonialisation of societies or large communities.