Erkan Özgen's Purple Muslin on view in Void Gallery at Derry, Northern Ireland (10/07/2022)
Void Gallery presents the exhibition, Above Us the Milky Way, which features work from artists Orna Kazimi, Kubra Khademi, Mario García Torres and Erkan Özgen. The title of the exhibition is taken from a novel by Fowzin Karimi that explores the complexities and the impact of war through memories, loss and notions of home. Many who are forced into exile face forced migration, and the burden of carrying the past into the present and future. The legacy of war, the repression of minorities and women, and the trauma that seeps through the generations forms the focal point of this exhibition. The exhibition will run through August 27.
In the public program within the scope of the exhibition, on Tuesday, July 5, curator Mary Cremin and Erkan Özgen will hold a conversation via zoom. The event will be translated by Irazca Geray.
https://www.derryvoid.com/exhibitions/above-us-the-milky-way/
Image: Erkan Özgen, 2018, Purple Muslin, Video, 16’28’’