Zeynep Kayan at Academy Art Museum (22/02/2023)
From February 24 to April 16, 2023, Fractured Modernities: Contemporary Art from Turkey explored the present moment in Turkey’s cultural history through the work of artists Didem Erbas, Merve Unsal, Erdem Varol, and Zeynep Kayan. The unique crossroads between empire and republic, heritage and modernity, and containment and globalization have forged complex webs in the fabric of the Turkish society that are present in each artist’s work, as the nation grapples with its own identity and the social and cultural forces that make it so pluralistic. A dominant thread that brings the artists’ work together is a connection to this multicultural past, its manifestations in the present, and a critique of Turkey’s simplistic reputation as a bridge between the East and the West.
https://academyartmuseum.org/fractured-modernities-contemporary-turkish-art/
Image: Zeynep Kayan, from the series ‘Temporary Sameness’: Mirror III, 2019, Video, 00’35’