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Until January 9
Istanbul Modern Photography Gallery is preparing to wrap up “Nothing Is as It Seems,” an exhibition by Ani Çelik Arevyan, who has created a novel expressive language derived from everyday objects.
Arevyan alludes to the unknowability of reality in the show, which opened Sept. 29, 2009, curated by Engin Özendes.
The show includes a chain of interpretations composed of spare details of nature and objects, as well as of their union. Through her photographs, the artist emphasizes the fact that human beings, nature, and life are all part and parcel of a larger whole which exists only insofar as it permits itself to be visible and as people see, understand, and grasp it. Her aim is not to seek reality and judge it but to enable awareness through her interpretation.
Arevyan said she wanted individuals, who are part of the whole consisting of human beings, life, and nature, to think of themselves in what they do. “Sometimes we may have to veil our feelings; sometimes our joy, sometimes our sorrows. Just like veiling oneself. In fact it is precisely at this point that what we see, what others show us and the shape/situation/state we perceive may not be as it seems.”
Istanbul Modern Photography Gallery is preparing to wrap up “Nothing Is as It Seems,” an exhibition by Ani Çelik Arevyan, who has created a novel expressive language derived from everyday objects.
Arevyan alludes to the unknowability of reality in the show, which opened Sept. 29, 2009, curated by Engin Özendes.
The show includes a chain of interpretations composed of spare details of nature and objects, as well as of their union. Through her photographs, the artist emphasizes the fact that human beings, nature, and life are all part and parcel of a larger whole which exists only insofar as it permits itself to be visible and as people see, understand, and grasp it. Her aim is not to seek reality and judge it but to enable awareness through her interpretation.
Arevyan said she wanted individuals, who are part of the whole consisting of human beings, life, and nature, to think of themselves in what they do. “Sometimes we may have to veil our feelings; sometimes our joy, sometimes our sorrows. Just like veiling oneself. In fact it is precisely at this point that what we see, what others show us and the shape/situation/state we perceive may not be as it seems.”
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