Ayse Erkmen
dal 12/9/2008 al 10/1/2009
Segnalato da
12/9/2008
Ayse Erkmen
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Weggefahrten. The most comprehensive solo exhibition of works by Ayse Erkmen so far. Taking the spatial features of the museum's architecture as the starting point, the Turkish conceptual artist will forge a 'path' from the building's exterior to its interior. She creates irritating situations by staging subtle references to the concrete conditions of the exhibition site and the metaphorical associations it evokes.
The Hamburger Bahnhof will present the most comprehensive solo exhibition of works by Ayşe Erkmen so far. Taking the spatial features of the museum’s architecture as the starting point, the Turkish conceptual artist will forge a “path” from the building’s exterior to its interior. She creates irritating situations by staging subtle references to the concrete conditions of the exhibition site and the metaphorical associations it evokes. Along with sculptures and a large installation involving security belts, her film oeuvre will be shown.
Born in 1949 in Istanbul, Ayşe Erkmen graduated from the sculpture faculty of the State Academy of Fine Arts in 1977. She took part in the Istanbul biennales of 1989 and 1995 and was invited in 1993/94 to join the Berlin artists programme run by the DAAD. Numerous solo and group exhibitions, for instance in Germany, Sweden and Switzerland (Kuckuck, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen) have followed, while she has also contributed to a number of biennales. Besides her astounding contribution to Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997, in 2001 she caused a stir with her Shipped Ships project in Frankfurt am Main, conceived for the Deutsche Bank’s art series Moment – Temporarily in Public. In 2002 she was awarded the Maria Sibylla Merian Prize of the Ministry for Science and Art of the Hesse state government. In 1998 she has taught at the University of Kassel and between 2001 and 2005 was appointed professor at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. The artist lives in Istanbul and Berlin.
This exhibition has been made possible
through the generous support
of the Capital Cultural Fund in Berlin.
Hamburger Bahnhof
Invalidenstrasse 50-51 - Berlin