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11/9/2012

Viron Erol Vert

Galerist - Haskoy Yarn Factory, Istanbul

Galerist is preparing to host the “7 Curtains” titled latest exhibition of Viron Erol Vert at Galerist Hasköy. Vert was born in 1975, Germany to a family of Greek, Italian, and Syrian origin. Vert's own multi-cultural background and the cultural diversity of the city colors his work, which arches between Occident and Orient.

Vert’s “7 Curtains” titled exhibition alludes to the Turkish word perde, also associated with the acts of a play or an opera. On this theatre stage, Vert creates a new language of mysticism incorporating ancient beliefs, orientalist clichés and esoteric correspondences. He uses the power of myth and archetype to create post- modern alchemical processes - looking back while he's looking ahead. With 7 Curtains come 7 different mediums and 7 different points of view, as Vert attempts to answer the questions that lie at the very heart of our existence. And like any good magus, he conjures up answers that are riddles in themselves. The flying carpet, which in the legends belonged to King Solomon, becomes an Abrahamic intersection and Vert uses it as a machine with hidden numerological properties to explore identity in a culturally tumultuous world. This is a recurring theme in Vert's art: Behind the beautiful object lie deeper truths, but also more questions.

A central collage is presented as a triptych where images found online form a composition with elements from faiths from all over the world. In another room, details from the collage return as gradient sculptures, where the colors are removed from the surface but still visible on the sides. The themes are remixed and come out as something altered; an old question posed in a new way. The 7 Curtains become a transformative process for the artist as well as the spectator. Like identity itself, it is an ever- changing process, a struggle between belonging and questioning, fought as much inside our hearts and souls as in countless wars throughout history. Behind the veils, riddles and curtains, Vert is searching for that rarest of commodities – peace.

In Vert's art, we find markers from a composite identity. The endless beats of Berlin techno nights meet the perpetual whirling of the Turkish Dervish. Traditional materials and production techniques are used to convey futuristic imagery. Despite this, Vert's art rests calmly within its culturally mixed framework. The beauty of the sacred remains intact even as he reconfigures the motifs.

Vert studied at the UdK in Berlin and at the Department for Visual Art at the Royal Academy in Antwerp. He graduated his master class in fashion design with honourable mention at the HTW in Berlin and at the Department for Experimental Surface at the KHB in Berlin.

From 2004 and onwards he has participated in several exhibitions both in Germany and abroad, among others at Enough Room for Space in Gent, Centro Cultural Montehermoso Victoria-Gasteiz in Spain, Gallerie Opendahl in Berlin, Colette in Paris, Die Ungarische Methode in Ascherleben, Gallerie Reinhard Hauff in Stuttgart, Fellethuset in Berlin, Berghain in Berlin and Galerist in Istanbul.
Besides his solo-work, he has collaborated with other artists, such as Sven Marquardt in 13 Monde, Olof Dreijer in Exhoes from Marmori and Luke Slater in Messenger.
In 2008, Viron Vert was awarded the first prize in the category Painting and Illustration by the Turkish Society for Sculpting and Arts.

Image: Viron Erol Vert, 'Jewish Star', Mirrored glass and chromed tin, 2012

For more information;
Sanem Bay
t. 0212 232 49 02
sanem@kirazhalklailiskiler.com.tr
info@galerist.com.tr

Opening: September 12, 2012 / 19:00 – 21:00

Galerist - Hasköy Yarn Factory
Kırmızı Minare Sokak, No:7-11 34445 Hasköy - İstanbul – Turkey
Visiting Hours
TUESDAY – SATURDAY: 11:00 – 19:00
MONDAY: Appointments only

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