İhsan Oturmak Three Flawed Operations - Tribe, School, Civilization
İhsan Oturmak's first solo show
will open on the 12th of February at Depo. The exhibition curated
by
Engin Sustam brings together paintings and installations which mostly depict groups of children in
black and blue uniforms, in a manner that makes singularities more indistinct, creating a sense of
an uninterrupted continuation and repetition.
by
Engin Sustam brings together paintings and installations which mostly depict groups of children in
black and blue uniforms, in a manner that makes singularities more indistinct, creating a sense of
an uninterrupted continuation and repetition.
In "Three Flawed Operations" the artist deals with civilization narrative which seems to develop
sequentially from tribe to school and investigates social control mechanisms that are designed
by the
state as sacred procedures. Certain symbols of correction and assimilation of the 19th century
imperial tribal schools which were spaces of education and correction for children from Kurdish,
Arabic and Albanian tribes and later educational institutions of the republic are critically rendered
in Oturmak's works. The exhibition also presents an introduction to the flawed histories of
education, correction and eradication tools which take over micro spaces, stories and bodies
through the so called "civilization" discourse and that of the sovereign who utilizes them.
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