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Galerie Martin Janda: NILBAR G�REŞ: NILBAR WIEN-NA - 7 June 2013 to 27 July 2013 Current Exhibition |
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Photo: Nilbar G�re�, Ayse loves Fatma, 2011
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NILBAR GÜREŞ: NILBAR WIEN-NA 07.06.–27.07.2013 Opening: Thursday, 6 June 2013, 7 p.m. Galerie Martin Janda is showing new works by Nilbar Güreş from June 7 to July 23, 2013. Born in Turkey, Güreş now lives in Istanbul, New York and Vienna and works with various media – collages, drawings, objects, photography, video and performance. Nilbar Güreş offers her observers seemingly direct access that takes on varyingly playful, poetic or even ironic characteristics. However, hidden in the background are social-political constructs that can coalesce to depict individual destinies. In her large-format photographs, Güreş investigates, for example, the meaning of homosexual love in a society dominated by patriarchal structures (Ayse loves Fatma, 2011), or the narrowly apportioned, clearly defined societal framework for women (Overhead, 2010), and focuses on gender and cultural identities. Seemingly every day events are staged to resemble cinematic stills. The use of provocative gestures and their significance only becomes apparent when the cultural background is revealed. Nilbar Güreş transfers her questioning approach toward identity and traditional gender roles to the medium of collage using an expanded range of formal tools. In her delicate collages she brings together a number of techniques, such as drawing, embroidery, appliqué and painting, on a background of large-sized, dark-coloured fabric. The scenes depicted, however, offer up less of a narration than her photography; instead, she treats figures and objects like moveable pieces of scenery. It is only when the observer follows the individual depictions and scenes that a thematically cohesive narrative emerges encompassing not only broader social-political issues, but also the problems associated with specific, precarious artistic production. Nilbar Güreş, born in Instanbul, Turkey, in 1977, lives and works in Vienna, Istanbul and New York. She studied painting in Istanbul and painting and graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Solo exhibitions (selection): Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart (2011); Institute of International Visual Arts, London (2010/2011); Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (2009) Group exhibitions (selection): Palais de Tokyo, Paris; National Museum of Contemporary Art Lisbon; Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna (2013); 6th Berlin Biennale (2010); 11th Istanbul Biennale (2009)If you need images in print quality, please contact the gallery. Galerie Martin Janda Eschenbachgasse 11 A-1010 Vienna T +43 1 5857371 F +43 1 5857372 [email protected] www.martinjanda.at Opening hours: Tue–Fri 11 a.m.–6 p.m. and Sat 11 a.m.–4 p.m. |
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