Having supported young artists for the last 10 years, Pera is ready to host a new exhibition titled "Encounters." Having collaborated not only with prominent institutions in Turkey, but also with leading art schools across the world, the new exhibition brings together artworks from Akdeniz University's Faculty of Fine Arts from Sept. 8 to Oct. 16.
This exhibition includes artworks by students in the university's departments of painting, sculpture, graphic design, photography, traditional arts and cinema. Encompassing works by the first graduates and more recent ones as well as those by graduate students, this selection embraces references to the city's colorful fabric and its rich cultural history. Curated by Ebru Nalan Sülün, the exhibition cherishes the idea that methods and media are merely tools in artistic production and make room for an interdisciplinary dialogue and analysis of diverse aesthetic and thematic approaches.
Different themes, such as the "metamorphosis of the body," "abstraction," "conceptual approaches," "digital universe-publicity" and "documentary," exemplify the university's approach towards training and diversified education.
The "metamorphosis of the body" focuses on the question of metamorphoses and uses of the body. "Abstraction" includes works paintings, sculptures along with traditional arts, with abstract renderings of city plans executed with traditional techniques. The selection in "conceptual approaches" gives the opportunity to observe different approaches to conceptual art and the uses of "ready-made" presented in the faculty. In "digital universe-publicity," it is possible to see works from the department of graphics as well as from the departments of photography and traditional arts. The section "documentary," formed out of works within documentary, photography and video art also gives the opportunity to observe perceptual differences in "documentary" methods and production processes.
