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9/2/2012

Gunes Terkol

Galeri NON (old location), Istanbul

Conventionally, sewing is regarded as a female domestic activity and as a traditional form of art. Güneş Terkol attempts to liberate this practice –as well as the gender roles it has been associated with– by offering an alternative reading of them through her artistic practice.

NON will be hosting Güneş Terkol’s fourth solo show on view 10 February –17 March 2012 at Mısır Apartmanı. Entitled “The Main Forces That Stir Up Action”, the exhibition will present Terkol’s most recent studio works along with pieces produced during artist residencies at Gasworks, London and Organhaus, Chongqing.

Alongside gender issues, Terkol is interested in the visual representation of labor and common or alternative modes of production. The Main Forces That Stir Up Action will include Terkol’s sewings on fabric and video installations, as well as silkscreen works that the artist has adopted as a new medium. Three textile banners that Terkol produced collectively with woman during workshops in Antakya, Istanbul and Chongqing, will be on display together for the first time; as will be a documentation table, complete with an archive of the project’s process.

Terkol usually sews her figures on single color fabric backgrounds that don’t convey a direct sense of space or time. Depicted in a composition bearing an unconventional perspective, these two-dimensional figures may seem like familiar images at first sight; however, they constitute variable identities detached from their contexts. On the other hand, the fabric and silkscreen printing techniques add new layers to the transience and fluidity of her compositions while transforming her paintings into powerful images that encourage the viewer to take action.

Galeri Non
Istiklal Cad. Misir Apt. 163/4 Beyoglu Istanbul
Open Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 7pm. Monday by appointment.

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