Galerist’s new group exhibition dives into the meloncholy concept of blue, touching on wounds, memory, loneliness and distance. The name Distilled from Scattered Blue is taken from a line in a poem by Lavinia Greenlaw’s poem. The remarkable list of artists is: Abdülmecid Efendi, Murat Akagündüz, Erol Akyavaş, Albert Bitran, Semiha Berksoy, Katrien de Blauwer, Hera Büyüktaşcıyan, Nejad Devrim, Marlene Dumas, Nermin Er, Max Ernst, Candeğer Furtun, Ahmet Doğu İpek, Fatoş İrwen, Şahin Kaygun, William Kentridge, Onur Kılıç, Gustav Klimt, Çağla Köseoğulları, Nermin Kura, Dora Maar, Basim Magdy, Kate MccGwire, Joan Miró, Mübin Orhon, Lara Ögel, Erman Özbaşaran, Eduard Pechuël-Loesche, Anıl Saldıran, Sarkis, Léon Spilliaert, Yaşam Şaşmazer, Defne Tesal, Clare Twomey, Elif Uras and Masao Yamamoto.
Not to be missed.
The exhibition is accompanied by a publication printed in English and Turkish. Designed by Okay Karadayılar and written by Aliotti, each copy of the publication becomes unique with its sleeve printed using the cyanotype technique.
Hera Büyüktasciyan
Issue 66, December 2023
Turkey’s Centenary Issue
