Borusan Contemporary welcomes the spring with three new exhibitions, mostly
unveiling works from the Borusan Collection that were never seen before. The
exhibitions “Overture: New Acquisitions from the Borusan Contemporary Art
Collection”, “Ola Kolehmainen: Sinan Project” and “Remains of the Days” can be
visited at Perili Köşk until September 3.
Overture: New Acquisitions from the Borusan Contemporary Art Collection,
curated by Borusan’s Artistic Director-at-Large Kathleen Forde, is made up of works
in the collection that were recently acquired and have not yet been on display. This
exhibition is the second in the ongoing series “Overture” initiated in November
2014 and presents a selection of recent accessions not previously on view in the
special exhibition galleries at Borusan Contemporary. The choice of works also
functions as a representative snapshot of the geographic, esthetic and genre based
initiatives of Borusan’s recent collecting activities. The works range from digitized
landscapes and newly commissioned videos to virtual reality works and interactive
portraits. Artists include Angela Bulloch, U-ram Choe, Chris Doyle, Kurt Hentschlager, Ali Kazma, Rachel Rossin, Christa Sommerer and Laurent
Mignonneu.
Ola Kolehmainen: Sinan Project, curated by Necmi Sönmez, will welcome art enthusiasts on the fourth floor of Borusan Contemporary. Known
for his abstract work and recognized as one of the leading figures in international contemporary photography, Ola Kolehmainen’s Sinan Project
approaches intercultural dialogue with a contemporary interpretation, though it is primarily focused on the masterpieces of Byzantine and
Ottoman architecture.
Remains of the Days, also curated by Necmi Sönmez, explores the interesting relationship between contemporary art and time and presents
a selection of works from the Borusan Contemporary Art Collection. This relationship is often approached very differently in new media art,
which could be defined as “time-based media”. Stemming from the tradition of exhibitions rooted in literary writings, such as those based on
the works of Leylâ Erbil and Tezer Özlü, the conceptual framework of Remains of the Days is based on the fictional world which the unparalleled
author Tomris Uyar created.
