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İnci Furni: She Waited for a While accompanies the artist’s solo exhibition She Waited for a While opened at the new building of Arter. The publication includes a comprehensive conversation between the curator of the exhibition Eda Berkmen and İnci Furni tas well as two short text written by the artist and a newly commisioned piece by Sema Kaygusuz. Designed by Vahit Tuna, the publication also comprises installation views of Furni’s new works and multiple works from the same series not exhibited in her previous exhibitions.
The book published on the occasion of Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye's solo exhibition titled Repetition begins with the article "In the Beginning" by Eda Berkmen, the curator of the exhibition. The publication of the exhibition, which consists of the grey, black and lapis blue vessels produced by the artist in 2019, is accompanied by an article written by academician and ceramic artist Nermin Kura on the practice of Alev Ebüzziya. The publication also features a text by art historian Ali Kayaalp about the characteristics of the artist's production of form such as utility, touch, colour and an essay by writer and artist Abidin Dino from 1982. Designed by Ayşe Bozkurt, the publication includes photographs taken by Hadiye Cangökçe and flufoto (Barış Aras and Elif Çakırlar) as well as archival images.
Arter initiates a new publication series, Arter Background, to accompany group exhibitions drawn from its collection, which holds more than 1,300 works of art as of 2019. This first book of the series accompanies one of the opening exhibitions of Arter’s new building, a collection-based group exhibition entitled What Time Is It?. Curated by Emre Baykal and Eda Berkmen, the exhibition is conceived around the concepts of memory, space and time. In the book, excerpts of texts selected around the ideas active in the curatorial process are complemented by new essays written specifically for this context, in line with Arter’s mission of encouraging artistic and cultural production. It thus fea...
Ayse Güngör investigates art practices between art and anthropology in Turkey, as well as the implications of contemporary art for those disciplines. She discusses various approaches based on anthropological theories on the forms of relation and theories of artistic practices on socio-political issues. Based on long-term research with contemporary artists such as Nil Yalter, Gülsün Karamustafa, Esra Ersen, Kutlug Ataman, Tayfun Serttas, Köken Ergun, Dilek Winchester and Artikisler Collective, this book analyzes the objectives of art and anthropology in order to determine new possibilities and divergences arising from this interdisciplinary confluence.
From the 1960s onwards, Candeğer Furtun has produced ceramic works informed by problematics relating to life, philosophy, history, society and politics, featuring an original approach in terms of both form and material. Published on the occasion of the artist’s first retrospective exhibition (16/09/2021–17/04/2022) held at Arter, this book provides a visual and conceptual record of Furtun’s production throughout the years, while granting visibility to the pioneering contributions she made to the art of ceramics as well as the multiple facets of her artistic practice, sustained by an unmediated relationship with the earth. Opening with a curatorial introductory text whereby Selen Ansen...
Whitish accompanies Ayşe Erkmen’s first institutional solo exhibition opened in Turkey, at Arter’s new building and which bears the same name as the book. The exhibition brings together the creative output of Ayşe Erkmen since the 1970s, chosen with a retrospective approach, with new works conceived and produced especially for this exhibition. The book includes an interview with the artist, conducted by Emre Baykal, the curator of the exhibition, together with images of her works adapted to the new building of Arter and being presented in a new network of relationships as well as photos from her archive that shed light on Ayşe Erkmen’s continuous artistic production for over 50 years.
Every endeavour to review and write the history of contemporary art in Turkey calls upon the name of a pioneering, founding artist who marks a turning point, a moment of beginning: Altan Gürman (1935-1976). Altan Gürman’s oeuvre is brought to viewers for the first time in such an exhaustive capacity through one of the inaugural exhibitions at Arter’s new building in Dolapdere. The catalogue accompanying the exhibition, curated by Başak Doğa Temür, not only features almost all of Altan Gürman’s works included in the Arter Collection, but also presents to readers various documents, drawings, sketches, correspondences, photographs, class notes, slides, and meticulous arrangements fr...
A continuation and a variation of the work Bergama Stereo, which was first presented in Germany at Turbinenhalle as part of the Ruhrtriennale in Bochum and then in the historical hall of Hamburger Bahnhof Museum in Berlin in 2019, Cevdet Erek’s solo exhibition Bergama Stereotip consists of a sounding architecture conceived for the gallery space at Arter. Curated by Selen Ansen, Bergama Stereotip stands as a vestige featuring a portion of Bergama Stereo’s structure: a reminder of the Great Altar of Pergamon and a remainder of the work’s prior version. The book accompanying the exhibition features an essay by Colin Lang focusing on Bergama Stereo and Selen Ansen’s curatorial text on the exhibition at Arter. The book, designed by Vahit Tuna, brings together installation views taken by flufoto with photographs showing the historical remains of the Great Altar as well as its display in the Pergamonmuseum.
Focusing on a single work from the Arter Collection in each title, Arter Close-Up series continues its journey, following Sarkis’ iconic work Çaylak Sokak, with an in-depth look at the interactive installation Rainforest V (variation 3). Acquired for the collection in 2018, the work marks a significant turning point in contemporary art history. Drawing on the presentation of the work in Arter’s Karbon performance hall (10 September 2020–30 January 2022), the publication grows out of a conversation between Melih Fereli, Arter’s Founding Director and the exhibition’s curator, and John Driscoll & Phil Edelstein, highlighting the evolution of Rainforest, the collaborations cultivated ...
Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye’nin kişisel sergisi Tekerrür için hazırlanan kitap, serginin küratörü Eda Berkmen’in “Başlangıçta” başlıklı yazısıyla açılıyor. Sanatçının 2019’da ürettiği siyah, gri ve lapis mavisi çanaklardan oluşan serginin yayınına, akademisyen ve seramik sanatçısı Nermin Kura’nın Alev Ebüzziya’nın pratiği üzerine kaleme aldığı yazısı eşlik ediyor. Yayında, sanat tarihçisi Ali Kayaalp’in sanatçının eserlerinin işlev, temas, renk gibi forma dair özelliklerini işlediği yazısının yanında yazar ve sanatçı Abidin Dino’nun 1982 yılında kaleme aldığı bir metin de yer alıyor. Tasarımını Ayşe Bozkurt’un üstlendiği kitaba Hadiye Cangökçe ve flufoto (Barış Aras ve Elif Çakırlar) tarafından çekilen fotoğrafların yanı sıra sanatçının arşiv fotoğrafları da eşlik ediyor.