Our Grandmothers in New Turkey

Nancy Atakan

Our Grandmothers in New Turkey, 201750 x 3cmSign in to view price
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brown, beige and orange felt, needlework on linenPi Artworks
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This artwork features a striking vertical composition with a series of framed panels arranged in a linear fashion. The predominant colors are brown and orange, creating a muted and subdued palette. The panels display handwritten text and simple line drawings, suggesting a conceptual and minimalist approach. The overall impression is one of introspection and contemplation, inviting the viewer to engage with the layered meanings and messages conveyed through the juxtaposition of text and image. While the specific context or the artist's intention behind this piece is not entirely clear, the work appears to explore themes of language, communication, and the human experience. ...

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Artist
Nancy Atakan
B.1946, Turkish/American

Nancy Atakan, (b. 1946, USA) lives and works in Istanbul. -1995, PhD, History of Art, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey -1982, MA, Educational Psychology, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey -1968, BA, Fine Arts and History of Art, Mary Washington College, Virginia, USA Selected solo exhibitions; Remembering the Future, London Collective on Vortic Collect (2020); It still is as it always was, with Kalliopi Lemos, Pi Artworks London, UK (2020); Translation in Motion (with Maria Anderssonn), Riksidrottsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden (2020); Forward, March!, with Maria Andersson, Salt Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey (2019); Under the Radar: 5533, with Volkan Aslan, ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA (2018); Making a Shift, (with Maria Andersson), Nordic Art Association, NFK, Stockholm, Sweden (2017); A Community of Lines, Pi Artworks Istanbul, Turkey (2017); Sporting Chances, Pi Artworks London, UK (2016); Incomprehensible World, IKSV - Istanbul Culture and Art Foundation, Hamlet Theatre Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (2014); Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Pi Artworks Istanbul, Turkey (2013); How Do We Know We Are Not Impostors?, Pi Artworks Istanbul, Turkey (2011); From Here 1970-2011, Pi Artworks Istanbul, Turkey (2011); Holding On, Apartment Project, Istanbul, Turkey (2009); I Believe/I Don't Believe, Pi Artworks Istanbul, Turkey (2009). Selected group exhibitions; Weave Braid Attach, Textile Pioneers and Contemporary Expressions, Vasteras Konstmuseum (Vasteras Art Museum), Vasteras, Sweden (2019); Marking a Shift, with Maria Andersson, Galleri Box, Göteborg, Germany (2019); Arcadia Mundi, Macroasilo, Rome, Italy (2019); Shores, Open Club, Moscow, Russia (2019); Kek sever misiniz?, K.E.K, Istanbul, Turkey (2019); At the Borderline of Vitality, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2018); Before the Past - After the Future, 6th Canakkale Biennial, Turkey; The Compiler Screenings ‘Our Stories’, curated by Susann Wintsch and Chantal Molleur, presented by White Frame, Stadtkino, Basel, Switzerland (2017); Even My Mum Can Make A Book, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2017); Whose Art History?, Uniq Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2017); You and I, 5533 Artist Run Initiative, Istanbul, Turkey (2017); A Room of Our Own, Ark Kultur Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2017); Small Faces, Large Sizes, Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey (2015); Stay with Me, Wesenburg Museum of Modern Art, Bremen, Germany (2015); 40 Videos from 40 Years of Video Art in Turkey, 25th Ankara International Film Festival, Goethe Institute, Turkey (2014); Me, Myself and I, Me as a Dilemma, CerModern, Ankara, Turkey (2013); Dream and Reality - Modern and Contemporary Women Artists from Turkey, Istanbul Modern Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (2011); Under My Feet I Want the World Not Heaven, Istanbul Next Wave, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, Germany (2009-2010). ...

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Pi Artworks
Gallery
Pi Artworks
London, Istanbul

Pi Artworks is an international contemporary art gallery with spaces in London and Istanbul. Its mission is to offer a diverse and active programme that initiates social change. Pi Artworks was founded in Istanbul in 1998. By moving to London in 2013, Pi Artworks wanted to make connections, explore “shared histories”, and bridge artists from different geographies. Pi Artworks London is located in Fitzrovia in the heart of London's West End. Pi Artworks Istanbul gallery relocated to PIyalepasa in close proximity to Arter Museum, with a 350 sq mt. space designed by Polat Group. Since its inception, the gallery has worked with emerging and established artists with the aim of allowing their work to grow in terms of new projects and exhibitions. Pi Artworks now represents a total of eighteen international artists, two-thirds of whom are female. The gallery is also a member of London Collective, and IGA (International Galleries Alliance). ...

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