COMPLEX QUESTIONS, FASCINATING RESPONSES

“Complex Questions, Fascinating Responses”

07.02-07.04.2019

Curator: B​eral Madra

February 2019, Evliyagil Dolapdere Gallery is opening its multifunctional non-profit gallery space to exhibit diverse forms of contemporary art productions. The gallery is motivated to provide an environment for contemporary art productions and dialogues between artists, art critics , diverse audiences and collectors... 2019 Exhibitions will be curated by Beral Madra.

The opening exhibition of Evliyagil Dolapdere Gallery entitled ​“Complex Questions, Fascinating Responses” ​will present works of Aikaterini Geggisian, Aret Gıcır, Bengisu Bayrak, Ferhat Özgür, Fulya Çetin, Hakan Kırdar, Hera Büyüktaşçıyan, İlhan Sayın, Jakob Gautel, Murat Balcı, Ömer Faruk Şimşek, Reysi Kamhi and Temür Köran.

The gallery is proud to present a provoking performance video by Jakob Gautel, "Big Brother" during the opening of ​“Complex Questions, Fascinating Responses”

COMPLEX QUESTIONS, FASCINATING RESPONSES

What are the manifestations of today's visual art productions? And what is the reaction of the viewer, who is invited to study and decipher these manifestations? All of this ongoing interaction relies on developing a distinctive artistic vocabulary on the side of the artist and a genuine search for the meaning of this vocabulary on the side of the viewer. This encounter is inevitable for a synergie that an exhibition can offer to the cultural expansion of the society.
The visual language of this exhibition is based on narrative constitution of identities and incidents. Throughout the many epochs of 20th century contemporary art "narrative" became out of favor rendering in the visual vocabulary. Representation was the indicative and symbolic mediator of classical art and was somehow not so intelligent enough for today's visual realities. However since three decades narrative visual vocabulary experienced a revival and art works with narrative complexity and ambiguity offer a fresh and challenging interpretation and appreciation. No doubt these narrative works are far from the innocent and purposeful imagery of the art-historical works.
Beral Madra