Ahmet Ogut
dal 5/9/2011 al 30/9/2011
Segnalato da
5/9/2011
Ahmet Ogut
Tirana Art Center, Tirana
Ogut's work looks like official signs that will be placed in several outdoor locations around Tirana. The signs say 'Warning, this area is under 23 hour video and audio surveillance' in Albanian. Ogut is a conceptual artist from Turkey based in Amsterdam. His work encompasses various media and examines the patterns of social and public movement through urban spaces.
Curated by Fani Zguro
Tirana Art Center is proud to present Ahmet Ögüt’s "This Area is Under 23 Hour Video and Audio Surveillance”. Ögüt’s work looks like official signs that will be placed in several outdoor locations around Tirana. The signs say "Warning, this area is under 23 hour video and audio surveillance." in Albanian. Ahmet Ögüt is a conceptual artist from Turkey based in Amsterdam. His work encompasses various media – installation, video, drawing and text – and examines the patterns of social and public movement through urban spaces.
For the 53rd Venice Biennale, Ögüt’s work Exploded City used a mock-architectural model of a fictional city to explore contemporary notions of collective space and environment. He has also exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art of Ljubljana, Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Kunsthalle Basel, Künstlerhaus Bremen, 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, 7th SITE Santa Fe Biennial, 5th Berlin Biennial, Apexart, New York, 9th Istanbul Biennial, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam and many others…
Opening September 6, 2011
Tirana Art Center
Blvd Deshmoret e Kombit - Tirana