Where art worlds meet
Text of Talk at the International Symposium Where art worlds meet: multiple modernities and the global salon, December 9-12, 2005, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Campo Santo Stefano, Venezia
with Giandomenico Romanelli, Robert Storr, Bruno S. Frey, Ackbar Abbas, Anna Cestelli Guidi, Beatriz Colomina, Lynne Cooke, Jean-Hubert Martin, Angela Vettese, Daniel [...]
Ahmet Ögüt
Written by November Paynter with additional comments by me. The original text appeared in Metropolis M.
This version was for Ahmet’s exhibition at the Mala Galerija of the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana, 2005
There is a subtle shroud of ambiguity and the unexpected dangling over the work, resolve and character of Ahmet Ögüt, one that [...]
Introductory Text for the Reader
with Charles Esche
Introductory Text for the Reader
9th Istanbul Biennial
The 9th Istanbul Biennial is not a survey. It is not an attempt to sum up the state of art today or to represent certain tendencies in contemporary practice. It is a series of artistic projects made for and selected with the city of Istanbul constantly in [...]
“The World Can Be Transformed by Action”
An e-mail interview with Vasif Kortun and Charles Esche
Framework
Issue 3/june 05 the Finnish art review
Minna Henriksson (MH): Vasif, you were in New York for many years as the director of the Museum of the Centre for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. What made you return to Istanbul- a city, which I have come across you referring [...]
a short e-mail interview with Vasif Kortun and Charles Esche
Flash Art, 2005
Katerina Gregos:
Can you describe the conceptual framework of the biennial and the changes you will instigate in its structure?
Vasif Kortun and Charles Esche
The Biennial is called simply ‘Istanbul’. We chose that to indicate that this biennial will reflect its location and the way in which art can respond to a specific geo-political reality. [...]