15 Istanbul Biennials: 15 Artists: Limited Editions
The Turkish word for edition is edisyon. Already this word contains as much music and ease as the edition portfolio, which was created by fifteen international artists represented at the Istanbul Biennale. The artists 鈥� all of whom have participated in earlier Istanbul Biennales 鈥� have made their works available in order to financially support the upcoming Biennale edition and therefore also give young artists the opportunity to become a part of this special discovery platform.
One could talk infinitely about each and everyone of these artists. I simply chose F眉sun Onur, because she is not yet well-known in this part of the world and because she will represent Turkey at the next Venice Biennale. To experience F眉sun Onur鈥檚 work is a gift. She succeeds in poetically charging fragile everyday objects, which consequently become somewhat magical and begin to change our perception. The objects obtain a new symbolism, their own history. This feeling was also present during the framing of the edition at the workshop of Werner Murrer when I took F眉sun Onur鈥檚 sheet out of the wooden box. The fragility of the sheet and F眉sun Onur鈥檚 intervention on it are one and the same 鈥� both are a breeze, the sheet as much as the writing on it.
The other prints are just as unique and were created explicitly for this portfolio. All of them are a tribute to the Istanbul Biennale, which has been enjoying the attention of the international art scene for quite some time now and so became the public鈥檚 favourite.
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The Turkish word for edition is edisyon. Already this word contains as much music and ease as the edition portfolio, which was created by fifteen international artists represented at the Istanbul Biennale. The artists 鈥� all of whom have participated in earlier Istanbul Biennales 鈥� have made their works available in order to financially support the upcoming Biennale edition and therefore also give young artists the opportunity to become a part of this special discovery platform.
One could talk infinitely about each and everyone of these artists. I simply chose F眉sun Onur, because she is not yet well-known in this part of the world and because she will represent Turkey at the next Venice Biennale. To experience F眉sun Onur鈥檚 work is a gift. She succeeds in poetically charging fragile everyday objects, which consequently become somewhat magical and begin to change our perception. The objects obtain a new symbolism, their own history. This feeling was also present during the framing of the edition at the workshop of Werner Murrer when I took F眉sun Onur鈥檚 sheet out of the wooden box. The fragility of the sheet and F眉sun Onur鈥檚 intervention on it are one and the same 鈥� both are a breeze, the sheet as much as the writing on it.
The other prints are just as unique and were created explicitly for this portfolio. All of them are a tribute to the Istanbul Biennale, which has been enjoying the attention of the international art scene for quite some time now and so became the public鈥檚 favourite.
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