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Hurriyet Daily News
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Temmuz 08, 2009 00:00
ISTANBUL - Istanbul Modern Museum is opening two exhibitions abroad. 'Galata Photos' in France will reveal the different ages of Galata and its multicultural past, while 'Modern Turkey' in Salzburg will display Othmar Pferschy's photos that reflect the first years of the Turkish Republic.
Istanbul Modern Museum opens two exhibitions abroad today. The exhibition titled "Le Pont - Photos de Galata/Bridge6" (Galata Photos) opens in Paris and the other one titled "Turkei Modern / Modern Turkey" opens in Salzburg.
As part of the "Turkey Season" activities that will continue throughout the year in France, the exhibition "Galata Photos" will be opened by Senate Chairman Gerard Larcher and continue through Aug. 2 at Paris L’Orangerie.
The other exhibition, "Modern Turkey" will be on display as part of the Salzburg Summer Festival. It will be opened by Salzburg Mayor Dr. Heinz Schaden and Turkish Consul General to Salzburg Nesrin Beyazıt. The exhibition, featuring Othmar Pferschy photos, will continue through Aug. 30 at Gallerie Am Mozartplatz.
A brand new Galata
Galata Photos exhibition, curated by Istanbul Modern photography exhibitions curator Engin Özendeş, offers a brand new Galata through the works of Ahmet Elhan, Murat Germen, Cemal Emden, Orhan Cem Çetin, Merih Akoğul and Ömer Orhun.
Considered among the most outstanding and innovative names in Turkish photography, the six photographers, who all work with a strongly conceptual bias, have approached Galata and its neighborhoods from perspectives that are entirely different to the usual photographic cliche. The projects, which were specially developed for the exhibition, are not only aimed at reflecting the historical significance of the area and its associations for Istanbul, but they also sought to expose the impact of changing living conditions and the diversity of urban development in the area, in an attempt to generate fresh understandings of Galata and its significance.
The photos reveal the different ages of Galata, its multicultural past, architectural characteristics, and inimitable way of connecting East and West as a crossroads between different urban realities. They range from photographs that compress different moments on Galata Bridge into a single frame, to collages that recreate its multicultural history through reference to both visual and literary materials; from wide, panoramic images running wall-to-wall, to installations that focus on different aspects of interior space.
In the entrance of the gallery, there will be a facsimile of the letter Leonardo da Vinci addressed to Sultan Bayezıt II in 1502, offering his services to build a bridge over the Golden Horn, as well as reproductions of his resulting drawings, the originals of which are kept in Topkapı Palace.
There will also be a reproduction of the drawing for the first Golden Horn Bridge built in 1836, 334 years after Leonardo da Vinci’s version, and a collage of a panorama including Galata Bridge, which the Sebah & Joaillier studio photographed in 1890.
"Modern Turkey," which will open as part of the Salzburg Summer Festival, was on display from Sept. 19 to Nov. 9, 2008 at the Wien Museum Karlsplatz in Vienna.
Othmar Pferschy (1898 - 1984) spent 43 years of his life in Turkey as the official photographer in the first years of the Turkish Republic. He took thousands of photographs traveling all around the country to promote Turkey’s developing face to the world.
The years he spend in the country, were a time when there was expectation from photography to seek out what was beautiful, admirable and worthy in the country, recording subjects such as relations between people and nature, archaeological sites, and change and modernization in cities.
Pferschy devoted years to photographing large buildings, modern factories, schools, universities, hospitals, streets, stadiums, parks and squares in Turkey's towns and cities. Following Salzburg, the exhibition will go to the Austria’s Graz City Museum in October 2009 and Kunsthalle, which open in Dornbirn, Austria in May 2010.
As part of the "Turkey Season" activities that will continue throughout the year in France, the exhibition "Galata Photos" will be opened by Senate Chairman Gerard Larcher and continue through Aug. 2 at Paris L’Orangerie.
The other exhibition, "Modern Turkey" will be on display as part of the Salzburg Summer Festival. It will be opened by Salzburg Mayor Dr. Heinz Schaden and Turkish Consul General to Salzburg Nesrin Beyazıt. The exhibition, featuring Othmar Pferschy photos, will continue through Aug. 30 at Gallerie Am Mozartplatz.
A brand new Galata
Galata Photos exhibition, curated by Istanbul Modern photography exhibitions curator Engin Özendeş, offers a brand new Galata through the works of Ahmet Elhan, Murat Germen, Cemal Emden, Orhan Cem Çetin, Merih Akoğul and Ömer Orhun.
Considered among the most outstanding and innovative names in Turkish photography, the six photographers, who all work with a strongly conceptual bias, have approached Galata and its neighborhoods from perspectives that are entirely different to the usual photographic cliche. The projects, which were specially developed for the exhibition, are not only aimed at reflecting the historical significance of the area and its associations for Istanbul, but they also sought to expose the impact of changing living conditions and the diversity of urban development in the area, in an attempt to generate fresh understandings of Galata and its significance.
The photos reveal the different ages of Galata, its multicultural past, architectural characteristics, and inimitable way of connecting East and West as a crossroads between different urban realities. They range from photographs that compress different moments on Galata Bridge into a single frame, to collages that recreate its multicultural history through reference to both visual and literary materials; from wide, panoramic images running wall-to-wall, to installations that focus on different aspects of interior space.
In the entrance of the gallery, there will be a facsimile of the letter Leonardo da Vinci addressed to Sultan Bayezıt II in 1502, offering his services to build a bridge over the Golden Horn, as well as reproductions of his resulting drawings, the originals of which are kept in Topkapı Palace.
There will also be a reproduction of the drawing for the first Golden Horn Bridge built in 1836, 334 years after Leonardo da Vinci’s version, and a collage of a panorama including Galata Bridge, which the Sebah & Joaillier studio photographed in 1890.
"Modern Turkey," which will open as part of the Salzburg Summer Festival, was on display from Sept. 19 to Nov. 9, 2008 at the Wien Museum Karlsplatz in Vienna.
Othmar Pferschy (1898 - 1984) spent 43 years of his life in Turkey as the official photographer in the first years of the Turkish Republic. He took thousands of photographs traveling all around the country to promote Turkey’s developing face to the world.
The years he spend in the country, were a time when there was expectation from photography to seek out what was beautiful, admirable and worthy in the country, recording subjects such as relations between people and nature, archaeological sites, and change and modernization in cities.
Pferschy devoted years to photographing large buildings, modern factories, schools, universities, hospitals, streets, stadiums, parks and squares in Turkey's towns and cities. Following Salzburg, the exhibition will go to the Austria’s Graz City Museum in October 2009 and Kunsthalle, which open in Dornbirn, Austria in May 2010.