Curator: Necmi Sönmez
The same days also host another exhibition at Borusan Contemporary, Perili Kö?k. Curated by Dr. Necmi Sönmez, “Script” reads into the new acquisitions of Borusan Contemporary Art Collection through the poetry of ?lhan Berk, suggesting a special interpretation. The exhibition will be open to visitors on the office floors and areas excluding the temporary exhibition spaces.
The collection exhibitions that were previously inspired by authors such as Leyla Erbil and Tezer Özlü are now succeeding the series with ?lhan Berk (1918–2008), who brought a breath of fresh air to Turkish poetry. The starting point of the exhibition is Berk’s poem titled “Script,” as well as his being a poet who paints. Videos, photographs, light sculptures and installations in Borusan Contemporary Art Collection will be construed through ?lhan Berk’s poetry, along with ten different prints of the poet himself, and his handwritings.
Areas that are based on the act of “writing” such as handwriting, letter, lithography constituted the backbone of ?lhan Berk’s poetics. All his life he followed the footsteps of himself by keeping diaries and journals, and developed his paintings and prints around the same theme.
Within the context of contemporary art, especially an inclination towards the studies on writing, documenting, and archiving demonstrate the differences in viewpoints of the artists. “Script” will bring together masterful poet Berk’s world of poetry and painting with the pursuits of contemporary art and open an unusual contextualization process to discussion.
Poetry reading and panel events that will be held parallel to the “Script” exhibition will enable different interpretations between poetry and contemporary art.
Curator: Necmi Sönmez
The same days also host another exhibition at Borusan Contemporary, Perili Kö?k. Curated by Dr. Necmi Sönmez, “Script” reads into the new acquisitions of Borusan Contemporary Art Collection through the poetry of ?lhan Berk, suggesting a special interpretation. The exhibition will be open to visitors on the office floors and areas excluding the temporary exhibition spaces.
The collection exhibitions that were previously inspired by authors such as Leyla Erbil and Tezer Özlü are now succeeding the series with ?lhan Berk (1918–2008), who brought a breath of fresh air to Turkish poetry. The starting point of the exhibition is Berk’s poem titled “Script,” as well as his being a poet who paints. Videos, photographs, light sculptures and installations in Borusan Contemporary Art Collection will be construed through ?lhan Berk’s poetry, along with ten different prints of the poet himself, and his handwritings.
Areas that are based on the act of “writing” such as handwriting, letter, lithography constituted the backbone of ?lhan Berk’s poetics. All his life he followed the footsteps of himself by keeping diaries and journals, and developed his paintings and prints around the same theme.
Within the context of contemporary art, especially an inclination towards the studies on writing, documenting, and archiving demonstrate the differences in viewpoints of the artists. “Script” will bring together masterful poet Berk’s world of poetry and painting with the pursuits of contemporary art and open an unusual contextualization process to discussion.
Poetry reading and panel events that will be held parallel to the “Script” exhibition will enable different interpretations between poetry and contemporary art.
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