07–09
2008
 
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Events 2008

17.07.–14.09.2008
Main Hall & Cabinet

Gülsün Karamustafa
Mobile Stages

Opening: 16 July 2008, 8 p.m.

Lecture: 30 July 2008, 8 p.m.
(within the lectures The Artist Her/Himself)

Gülsün Karamustafa, born in 1946, is considered the „grand dame ” of Turkish contemporary art. She can look back upon very extensive and complex works. Her oeuvre comprises naïve painting, textile installations, photo installations, participatory projects like her 100 dollar flea markets, video documentaries with a sociological background as well as those which dealt with the history of her country of origin, like the film „Memory of a Square ”, about Istanbul’s well-known Taksim Square. The connecting element through all of her artistic work is the issue of cultural identity. After a number of presentations in group exhibitions in Austria, for example in the 1996 influential exhibition „Inclusion/Exclusion ” in Graz, the Salzburg Kunstverein showed the artist’s first comprehensive single exhibition in Austria in the summer of 2008. Parallel to this and in cooperation with the Kunstverein, the artist thought at the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg for three weeks and gave a lecture in the series “The Artist Her/Himself ”. Gülsün Karamustafa showed her most recent projects in Salzburg. Her three part video installation entitled “Tailor Made ”, which was shot during an amateur fashion show in Istanbul, was showed in the Cabinet. We were also presenting her project “The City and the Secret Panther Fashion ” in the Main Hall, which offered a look inside the secretly blooming Panther fashion in Istanbul and enticed you to join in.

Gülsün Karamustafa, born 1946 in Ankara, lives and works in Istanbul

The City and the Secret Panther Fashion, 2007, video, color, sound, 13 min 6 sec, music: Baba Zula, colorphotographie

The City and the Secret Panther Fashion, 2007, video, color, sound, 13 min 6 sec, music: Baba Zula, colorphotographie
Photo: Serra Gültürk

The City and the Secret Panther Fashion, 2007, video, color, sound, 13 min 6 sec, music: Baba Zula, colorphotographie