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Istanbul Biennale

Mónica Boixeda Istanbulite, Only-Be

Between the 17th of September and the 13th of November, Istanbul gets ready to celebrate, with the Istanbul Biennale 2011, a gathering of the best contemporary artists, art theorists, and international public in the name of seeing, and contemplating art and creation. The Biennale is organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and the Arts (IKSV) which since 1987 has been successfully running this event now considered to be one of the most important, exciting arenas for the world of international art. The Biennale has paved the way for an international cultural network covering all spheres of art, and has been a great generator for great cultural tourism. Today the Istanbul Biennale competes with the most prestigious art gatherings in the world such as the Venice, Sydney and Sao Paolo Biennales. Its creators had the brilliant idea of designing a model of exhibition which is open to a dialogue between the artists and the spectators, which goes by the motto: Contemporary art in traditional spaces, changing the relationship between the artist and the museum – an institution historically accused of being an elitist space. The geographical situation of Istanbul makes it a connecting point between Europe and Asia; thus a collision the East and West, so it was essential that the project be a place open to transcultural dialogue. The curator of this year´s Biennale are Jens Hoffmann and Adriano Pedrosa, who have conceptualised the event as a space which will attempt to explore the relationship between art and politics. In this edition, the exhibited works will express a clear political dimension, having been chosen for their innovative part... read more

WestEnd City Center Budapest

Mónica Boixeda Budapester, Only-Be, Restaurantes

WestEnd City Center is the second biggest shopping centre in Hungary and in its galleries you can enjoy the best food and clothes labels.

Uncanny in Istanbul

Mónica Boixeda Istanbulite, Only-Be

On September 15th, Istanbul´s Modern Museum opens the exhibition Uncanny that brings together the photographic works of six young artists from Turkey, with the intention to transport the viewer into images that are somehow in the collective memory and at first glance seem vaguely familiar. The Uncanny concept was used for the exhibition due to the use given by philosophy and art to refer to the sensation of having witnessed or experienced a new situation previously, what the French call déjà vu or deja vu. This strange situation which provokes awe and wonder was examined by the Frenchman Émile Boirac, in his book The Future of Physical Sciences Photography is always an amazing event, where the viewing, the observation and sensitivity are always in tension when the image becomes reality and from there, observing fascinated the process of the image appearing through developing solutions. This unique process, which only the photographer can live is an uncanny situation. Looking for the first time at something that has already seen, is what this exhibition seeks to convey as a concept through the extraordinary work of the photographers Melisa Onel, Silva Bingaz, Çinar Eslek, Zerene Goktas, Banu Zeynep Cenneto?lu and Kayan. All the photographers are part of the new generation of Turkish artists and all have had relevant international experience participating in important exhibitions and biennials as well as working outside of Turkey, such is the case of Bingaz Silva, a photographer that has developed important work in Japan. Cenneto?lu Banu is a photographer of the generation that lived through the crisis of the 70´s and 80´s, the years of frustration, something... read more