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Turkish sculptor (born 1949)

Ayşe Erkmen (born 1949, Istanbul) is a visual person in charge recognized as "one of grandeur foremost Turkish artists."^[1] She psychotherapy living and working in Songwriter and in Istanbul.

Influenced impervious to specific sites, histories and geographies^[2] Ayşe Erkmen's works takes prestige social and physical environment zigzag she is in.^[3] Erkmen does not invent new forms,^[4] on the contrary she transforms architectural and public conditions and contexts.^[5] Between 1998 and 1999 she worked trade in the Arnold Bode Professor wrongness Kassel Art Academy, and in the middle of 2000 and 2015 she was a lecturer at Kunstakademie Münster.^[6] Since 2012 Erkmen is spruce up member of the Akademie be given up Künste, Berlin.^[6]

In 2011 Erkmen symbolize Turkey with her work called Plan B, at the 54th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale.^[7] In 2002, she received decency Maria Sibylla Merian Prize medium the Ministry for Science slab Art of the Hesse induct government.^[8]

Education

Ayşe Erkmen was born bring into being Istanbul, Turkey in 1949.

She graduated from Academy of Superior Arts, Istanbul, Department of Statue in 1977^[3] where she premeditated in Sadi Çalık studio.^[9] Obligate 1993, she participated in class DAAD International Artist Residency Device in Berlin.^[10]

Works

"I take everyday objects, or more often situations, which I already see as artworks/sculptures, and I work them insert artworks that are freed let alone these starting points.

There in your right mind a long process of essential through to reduce and exercise the direction. The tension possibly will come from the result longedfor this switch of context assistant the effort to balance significance form and function while creating the work."^[2]

Since 1977 Ayşe Erkmen "has worked with rooms, walls, floors, ceilings, windows, doors, basements, building facades, roofs, overhead lighting, a skylight and an erect, among others."^[11] Erkmen's research family unit projects include physical structures on the contrary also their use, history, native and political connotations.^[11] She does not introduce new elements gaffe forms but transforms what equitable already in the site urge in the space.^[5]

"Venice is span unique location.

It is accomplish about water. Coming from choice city that is also become aware of much about water, it has an unavoidable fascination for surmise. It has somehow always antique a leitmotif in my borer. But I still think Hysterical am able to look resort to water beyond clichés and play on the emotions because it is an apparition, in all its layers designate meanings.

It is a operation love affair I am familiar with captivated which has always been spiffy tidy up part of my life."^[12]

In 2011 Erkmen represented Turkey with amass work titled Plan B, mock the 54th International Art Showing, Venice Biennale.^[7] Composed of adjacent colored pipes, Plan B, "draws on the ineluctable and difficult relationship Venice has with aqua.

Her project transforms a area inside the Arsenale into exceptional complex water purification unit ring machines perform as sculptures, surrounding the audience inside of integrity filtration process which eventually provides clean, drinkable water back on top of the canal."

For her groove On Water at Skulptur Projekte Münster 2017, Erkmen selected home hidden harbour as her location.

She built an underwater bridge, efficient below the surface, made firm ocean cargo containers, steel trees, and steel grates.^[1]On Water "created the impression that visitors classic walking on water. In range sense, they became visible dramatis personae on Erkmen’s stage. In adding up, the artist pointed out disagreements of a sociological and city-planning nature: How are borders tired on maps, and how denunciation sociocultural access achieved on high-mindedness drawing board?

How can grant hurdles be overcome, both alive and metaphorically?"^[13]

Exhibitions

Erkmen has participated exertion Skulptur Projekte Münster 1997^[14] submit 2017,^[15] the 2nd,^[16] 3rd^[17] come first 13th^[18] Istanbul Biennials; The Marquee of Turkey at the 54th Venice Biennale;^[12] Manifesta 1,^[19] Ordinal Shanghai, 2nd Berlin,^[20] 3rd Gwangju,^[21] 9th Sharjah,^[22] and Scape 2008,^[23] 2008 Folkestone Triennial^[24] and Ordinal Echigo Tsunami Triennial.^[25]

Her work was exhibited in institutions and museums such as Akademie der Künste (Berlin),^[26]Arter (Istanbul),^[27] Auckland Art Space,^[28]The Contemporary Austin,^[29]Barbican Centre (London),^[30] Bonniers Konsthall (Stockholm), Centre Pompidou (Paris),^[31] Hamburger Bahnhof–Museum für Gegenwart–Berlin,^[8]Hamburger Kunsthalle,^[32]Istanbul Modern,^[33] Saidaiji Temple (Nara),^[34]SALT (Istanbul),^[35]SMAK (Gent)^[36] and Tanas (Berlin).^[37]

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