Turkey pavilion to present Sarkis’ work in Venice
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
Sarkis was also part of “When Attitudes Become Form: Works - Concepts - Processes - Situation – Information” (Kunsthalle Bern, 1969),” Documenta VI and VII” (Kassel, 1977 and 1982), and the biennials of Sydney, Shanghai, Sao Paulo, Moscow, and Istanbul. Recently, he has had solo in Turkey and abroad. He has been living and working in Paris since 1964.
The curator of the pavilion, Defne Ayas, has been the director and curator at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, since 2012. Since 2005, she has been a curator at Performa, the biennial of performance art in New York. In September 2012, Ayas co-curated the 11th edition of the Baltic Triennial of International Art, to great acclaim.
The Advisory Board consists of artist Ali Kazma, associate professor of Art History at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Art Burcu Pelvanoğlu, independent curator and art critic Cristiana Perrella, Bahçeşehir University’s Associate Professor in history and theory of art and visual culture Lewis Johnson and Yıldız Technical University art and design faculty member Zerrin İren Boynudelik.