[rohrpost] ISTANBUL BIENNIAL

[cristine wang]

*For Immediate Release* 

The Re:Duchamp Traveling Exhibiton will
participate in the

7TH INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL BIENNIAL, TURKEY

Press Reception: 
September 22, (5-8pm)

Location:
Sofyali Sokak 26, Ikinci Blok
Asmalimescit, Tunel 80050
Istanbul, Turkey

Exhibition Dates:
22 September – 13 October, 2001

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: 

Halil Akdeniz, Huseyin Alptekin, Selda Asal,
Nancy Atakan, Cem Aydogan, Jessica Bajoros, Jason
Banker, Yasha Butler, Elif Celebi, Ipek Duben,
Dorsey Dunn, Memed Erdener, Filippo Falaguasta,
Candeger Furtun, Sirin Iskit, Gulsun Karamustafa,
Sermin Kardestuncer, Nur Kocak, Jaime Levy,
Raffael Lomas, Chris Natrop, Seza Paker, Giordano
Pozzi, Margo Sawyer, Frank Schroder, Barry Ledoux
Sonnier, Carsten Stehr, Yusuf Taktak, Vahit Tuna,
Murvet Turkyilmaz, Tyrome Tripoli. 

curated by: Ipek Duben (Turkey), Daniel Rothbart
(USA)
media sponsor: NY ARTS magazine 

*Recent additions from the 49th Venice Biennale*

Curated by Cristine Wang:

Mark Amerika
Daniel Garcia Andujar
Douglas Davis
Christoph Draeger 
Peter Fend
Joy Garnett
Paul Garrin
Ken Goldberg
Wang Gongxin
Marina Grzinic & Aina Smid
Wenda Gu
Ingo Gunther
Jon Iippolito
Eduardo Kac
Olga Kisseleva
Tina Laporta
Jenny Marketou
Marcello Mazzela
Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky)
MTAA
Olu Oguibe
Andres Serrano 
Tony Oursler
Hani Rashid (Asymptote Architects)
Mark Tribe & Kerry Tribe

"Re: Duchamp, Travelling Exhibition" is one of
the most recent works of Abraham Lubelski and
incorporates the work of over 250 other artists
(including Nam June Paik, Dennis Oppenheim, Carl
Andre, Ilya + Emilia Kabakov, Inka Essenhigh,
Taylor Mead, and Larry Weiner, among others). The
installation, after Duchamp’s installation for
the "First Papers of Surrealism", is an
assemblage of clotheslines from which are hung
all the artwork to be viewed at once. These shows
become a Duchampian metaphor of the contemporary
art world.

When Duchamp developed a benefit exhibition for
the French Relief Societies in 1942 with a mile
of string it was not only to fulfill a commission
to do things as cheaply as possible but it was
also the opportunity to create a metaphor for the
difficulties the visitor often encounters in the
attempt to understand modern art. To Duchamp, to
Beuys, everything is art and everything is
possible. Or at least art is an attempt at the
seemingly impossible. Still the greatest dream of
everyone is to live a life of freedom: free to be
curious, to explore, to seize the moment, to
understand. The artist and the world create a
common bond, that we are united in our search for
"truth." 

The installation has evolved as it has been
presented from country to country. "Re: Duchamp"
has already been exhibited in New York City and
in various cities in Germany, Poland, Chile and
Israel and most recently at the Venice Biennale. 

View the most recent editions to the 
Re:Duchamp Traveling Exhibition online at

http://geocities.com/firstpulseproj/duchampsplash.html
web design by www.firstpulseprojects.org

Or viewable from:
http://www.cristine.org

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