'Encounters' Turkisch Contemporary Art in Korea

Country bridging East and West brings artworks to Korea By Rachel Lee Turkey, the country juxtaposing the West and the East, brought a collection of its contemporary art to Korea. Titled “Encounters: Turkish Contemporary Art in Korea,” the works of both the up-and-coming and world-renowned artists in the Eurasian country are on display at Araart, a gallery located in Insa-dong, Seoul. Already underway, the exhibition will run through Sept. 26. The exhibition features a total of 98 works by 54 artists that include Aslimay Altay Goney, Bedri Bayka, Can Kurucu, Kemal Seyhan and Zekine Kundukan. The exhibition is organized by Contemporary Istanbul, an international contemporary art exposition sponsored by Akbank Private Banking and associate sponsor Zorlu Centre. “I chose the theme ‘Encounter,’ because it has been 60 years since Turkey and Korea first encountered each other during The Korean War,” said Hasan Bulent Kahraman, the curator of the exhibition, said Friday during a telephone interview with The Korea Times. “The title also means ‘encountering the two cultures.’ It is about the cultural relations that the two countries have built up and developed since they first met during the Korean War.” Turkey was one of the first major participants to send a brigade to halt the invasion of Korea by the North Koreans in 1950. An interesting section of the show, entitled “Transitions: From Modern to Contemporary,” is designed to highlight a period when contemporary art became united in Turkey in its move from modern to contemporary. All of these artworks were produced after 1990, reflecting the conflicts that occurred during this period, which were expressed in their works using vivid colors. The noteworthy names that have shaped the country’s contemporary art include Burhan Dogancy, Komet and Erol Akyavas. All of whose works have already been displayed at a number of museums around the world. “The two countries have similarities. They both have tradition and modernity. The audience will observe it,” the curator added. “I think it creates a synergy effect when Turkey, the most Eastern country in the West meets Korea, the most Western country in the East.” The “Encounters” exhibition will also be held in such big cities as London, Berlin, Hong Kong and Sao Paulo.

Sinopale 4 'Wisdom of Shadow: Art in the Era of Corrupted Information'

Wisdom of Shadow: Art in the Era of Corrupted Information

SINOPALE 4 ACADEMY:

Presentation of the Project: An Exhibition on Zeynep Çakır

Prof. Andrea Zaumseil

Artists: Zekine Kundukan, Jenny Eichler, Martin Wöllenstein, Karl Pompe, Lucas Wronski

Venue: Archeology Museum

Contemporary Istanbul 2011

Jahresausstellung 2011: Expedition Burg,16-17 Juli ,Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule

interfacegallery.com ISSUE NO:1 - Update! (Arayüz-Galeri Sayı:1 / Güncelle!) 25 May – 9 July 2011

HAYAKA ARTI
Çukurcuma Cad 19A Tophane Istanbul
Tuesday – Saturday / 11:00  - 19:00

What takes place when works that exist as visual images at interfacegallery.com are transported to a physical space / to the gallery?


interfacegallery.com ISSUE NO:1 - Update!, opened in Istanbul at HAYAKA ARTI Çukurcuma project centre on May 25th, 2011 under the curation of Derya Yücel . The exhibition includes the works selected by curator Derya Yücel which were uploaded before 10th of April 2011 to interfacegallery.com.

The communication project of the HAYAKA ARTI alternative art and culture platform, namely interfacegallery.com, started off with the aim of sharing art on the internet. Yet the internet is merely the first stage within this alternative online project. In accordance with what our title ‘interface’ implies, our essential target is to enable the freedom of movement of art between the virtual and physical worlds, thereby presenting the opportunity/possibility of a second encounter for those art works that have already met their audience on the internet, by bringing them back to physical/conventional media - particularly starting with exhibitions and publications- and experiencing whereto these media ‘clashes’ on different levels will lead us.

Up to what extent can the virtual environment actually replace a real gallery? Where are we going to end up if we return to the conventional exhibition space again, after transferring from conventional media to the virtual one? Artistic works regaining their third dimension standing next to other works that have undergone the same process, are they going to differ or remain the same? The recent exhibition Update! is the debut of a series of long-termed real world activities interfacegallery.com plans to develop with the supply of quite a few open-ended questions/problems that can be posed during the course of this back and forth movement between media.

interfacegallery.com is a "user generated content" project.

CURATORIAL PERSPECTIVE

Art has always been relational on different levels; a social driver and/or a means of dialogue. One of the potential strengths of an artwork is its ability to "establish bonds and relation". In this context, the curatorial aspect of "interface-gallery.com" will favour a general perspective on contemporary art, without focusing on a specific theme or giving preference to certain media. For this exhibition artists are expected to produce works that place unique perspectives in the center, proposing perceptual, experimental, critical and participative models where processes interact intensely, sometimes even in a challenging manner with each other and "connections" coming into existence as the result of an exuberant togetherness and dynamic visual encounter will gain visibility. Thus with the aid of a whole of various tools/media utilized, the reflections of parallel existences of personal features as opposed to universal features and private features as opposed to public features will be attained.

interfacegallery.com ISSUE NO.1 - Update!
25 May – 9 July 2011
Curator: Derya Yücel

Artists: 
asli vural (Aslı Vural)
bacak (Hakan Selçuk Bacak)
badem (Badem)
berkay tuncay (Berkay Tuncay)
christina maria kulot (Christina Maria Kulot)
edagecikmez (Eda Gecikmez)
el-gringo (Lefor)
ercanvural (Ercan Vural)
esra (Esra Sağlık)
feza (Feza Velicangil)
fikret gercik (Fikret Gerçik)
firatbingol (Fırat Bingöl)
hatice (Hatice Kul)
kivilcim harika seydim (Kıvılcım Harika Seydim)
kutludamla (Kutlu Gürelli)
larakami (Lara Kamhi)
muratgermen (Murat Germen)
nese cogal (Neşe Çoğal)
ozan (Ozan Gezer)
ozge enginoz (Özge Enginöz)
tahir un (Tahir Ün)
tolgasv (Tolga Savaş)
zekine kundukan (Zekine Kundukan)

Contemporary Istanbul 25-28 November 2010