{"id":2311,"title":"Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin – Democratic Luxury","date_begin":"2015-10-16T00:00:00.000+02:00","date_end":"2016-01-31T00:00:00.000+01:00","location":{"readable":"Antwerpen","latitude":null,"longitude":null},"assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/029/929/large/Alptekin_DesktopGroot_Truck_3.jpg?1444917705","poster_credits":null},"translations":[{"locale":"en","name":"Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin – Democratic Luxury","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;I investigate the beauty and the vulgar and the relationship between them.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ndash; H\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;(\u0026deg;1957, Izmir \u0026ndash; \u0026dagger;2007, Istanbul) was fascinated by the difference between the promise of something and (banal) reality. This promise could be in the form of the name of a cheap hotel that suggests the experience of a distant place, or the image of a mass product that evokes luxury or exoticness rather unconvincingly. Alptekin was an artist who could see the profound effects global capitalism had on everyday life, and who observed the movement of people and goods across different geographies - particularly in the period since the collapse of the Soviet Union. He was a traveller, studied forms of brutal capitalism in places that are considered peripheral areas of western modernity. They are the carriers of meaning and remnants of all this - the signs of the burgeoning impact of mobility, marketing and image circulation - which Alptekin used as material for his art, as a means of contemplating their meaning.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eDemocratic luxury\u003c/em\u003e exhibition was the first European retrospective of the work of H\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin. Since the beginning of the 90s, Alptekin has focused on an all-embracing artistic production that includes photography, sculptures, installations, neon text, videos and collages. A \u0026quot;plastic arts project\u0026quot; that reflects the prosaic material qualities of the \u0026#39;global mess\u0026#39; that brought about transnational free-market capitalism. \u003cem\u003eDemocratic luxury\u003c/em\u003e wants to bring us closer to the artist\u0026#39;s thought processes and the works on display by means of a selection of studies, drawings and notes from the Alptekin archives.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemocratic luxury\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ehas been developed in tandem with \u003cstrong\u003eRAMPA Gallery\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;in Istanbul, where the two presentations together formed a large retrospective of the work of Alptekin. \u003cem\u003eDemocratic luxury\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ewas set up in collaboration with the \u003cstrong\u003eEstate of H\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin\u003c/strong\u003e. The H\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin archives are managed by\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eSALT\u003c/strong\u003e,\u0026nbsp;Istanbul.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","name":"Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin – Democratische Luxe","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;Ik onderzoek de schoonheid en het vulgaire, en hun onderlinge relatie.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ndash; H\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;(\u0026deg;1957, Izmir\u0026ndash;\u0026dagger;2007, Istanbul) was gefascineerd door het verschil tussen de belofte van iets en de (banale) werkelijkheid. Deze belofte kon bestaan in de vorm van de naam van een goedkoop hotel dat de ervaring van een afgelegen plek suggereert, of het imago van een massaproduct dat weinig overtuigend luxe of exotisme simuleert. Alptekin was een kunstenaar die de ingrijpende gevolgen van het mondiale kapitalisme op het alledaagse zag, en de bewegingen van personen en goederen doorheen verschillende geografie\u0026euml;n observeerde \u0026ndash; in het bijzonder in de periode sinds de ineenstorting van de Sovjet-Unie. Hijzelf was een reiziger, bestudeerde vormen van brutaal kapitalisme op plaatsen die als randgebieden van de westerse moderniteit worden beschouwd. Het zijn de betekenisdragers en restanten van dit alles \u0026ndash; de sporen van de ontluikende effecten van mobiliteit, marketing en beeldcirculatie \u0026ndash; die Alptekin gebruikte als materiaal voor zijn kunst, als een middel voor het beschouwen van hun betekenis.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDe tentoonstelling\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eDemocratische luxe\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ewas de eerste Europese overzichtstentoonstelling van het oeuvre van H\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin. Sinds het begin van de jaren 90 richtte Alptekin zich op een breed opgezette artistieke productie die zowel fotografie als sculpturen, installaties, neontekst, video\u0026#39;s en collages omvat. Een \u0026lsquo;plastische kunst\u0026rsquo; die de proza\u0026iuml;sche materi\u0026euml;le kwaliteiten weerspiegelt van de \u0026#39;globale rommel\u0026#39; die de stroom van het transnationale vrijemarktkapitalisme met zich meebracht. \u003cem\u003eDemocratische luxe\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;wil ons dichter bij de gedachteprocessen van de kunstenaar en de tentoongestelde werken brengen aan de hand een selectie studies, tekeningen en notities uit het Alptekin-archief.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemocratische luxe\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ewerd ontwikkeld in samenwerking met \u003cstrong\u003eRAMPA Gallery\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;in Istanbul, waarbij de beide presentaties samen een grote overzichtstentoonstelling van het werk van Alptekin vormden. \u003cem\u003eDemocratische luxe\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ewerd opgezet in samenwerking met de\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eEstate of H\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin\u003c/strong\u003e. Het H\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin-archief wordt beheerd door\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eSALT\u003c/strong\u003e,\u0026nbsp;Istanbul.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","name":"Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin – Le luxe démocratique","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Je scrute la beaut\u0026eacute; et la vulgarit\u0026eacute;, et la relation entre les deux.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ndash; H\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;(\u0026deg;1957, Izmir\u0026ndash;\u0026dagger;2007, Istanbul) \u0026eacute;tait fascin\u0026eacute; par la diff\u0026eacute;rence entre la promesse et la r\u0026eacute;alit\u0026eacute; (banale). Cette promesse pouvait r\u0026eacute;sider dans le nom d\u0026rsquo;un h\u0026ocirc;tel bon march\u0026eacute; qui sugg\u0026egrave;re l\u0026rsquo;exp\u0026eacute;rience d\u0026rsquo;un endroit lointain, ou dans l\u0026rsquo;image d\u0026rsquo;un produit de masse qui simule d\u0026rsquo;une mani\u0026egrave;re peu convaincante le luxe ou l\u0026rsquo;exotisme. Alptekin \u0026eacute;tait un artiste qui discernait les cons\u0026eacute;quences drastiques du capitalisme mondial sur le quotidien, et qui observait les mouvements de personnes et de biens \u0026agrave; travers diff\u0026eacute;rentes g\u0026eacute;ographies \u0026ndash; en particulier dans la p\u0026eacute;riode depuis l\u0026rsquo;effondrement de l\u0026rsquo;Union sovi\u0026eacute;tique. Il \u0026eacute;tait un voyageur, il \u0026eacute;tudiait des formes d\u0026rsquo;un capitalisme brutal \u0026agrave; des endroits consid\u0026eacute;r\u0026eacute;s comme \u0026eacute;tant des zones p\u0026eacute;riph\u0026eacute;riques de la modernit\u0026eacute; occidentale. Ce sont les supports de signification et ses restants \u0026ndash; les traces des effets de la mobilit\u0026eacute;, du marketing et de la circulation d\u0026rsquo;images \u0026ndash; que Alptekin utilisait comme mat\u0026eacute;riaux de sa pratique artistique et comme moyen pour contempler leur signification.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eL\u0026rsquo;exposition \u003cem\u003eLe luxe d\u0026eacute;mocratique\u003c/em\u003e \u0026eacute;tait la premi\u0026egrave;re r\u0026eacute;trospective europ\u0026eacute;enne de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre de H\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin. Depuis le d\u0026eacute;but des ann\u0026eacute;es \u0026rsquo;90, Alptekin se concentrait sur une vaste production artistique qui comprenait tant la photographie que des sculptures, des installations, du texte n\u0026eacute;on, des vid\u0026eacute;os et des collages. De \u0026lsquo;l\u0026rsquo;art plastique\u0026rsquo; qui refl\u0026egrave;te les qualit\u0026eacute;s mat\u0026eacute;rielles prosa\u0026iuml;ques de la \u0026lsquo;pacotille mondiale\u0026rsquo; apport\u0026eacute;e par le flux \u0026eacute;conomie de march\u0026eacute; capitaliste transnationale. \u003cem\u003eLe luxe d\u0026eacute;mocratique\u003c/em\u003e veut nous rapprocher des processus de r\u0026eacute;flexion de l\u0026rsquo;artiste et des \u0026oelig;uvres expos\u0026eacute;es au moyen d\u0026rsquo;une s\u0026eacute;lection d\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tudes, de dessins et de notes issus des archives d\u0026rsquo;Alptekin.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe luxe d\u0026eacute;mocratique\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ea \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; d\u0026eacute;velopp\u0026eacute;e en collaboration avec \u003cstrong\u003eRAMPA Gallery\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026agrave; Istanbul, o\u0026ugrave; les deux pr\u0026eacute;sentations formaient ensemble une grande r\u0026eacute;trospective de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre d\u0026rsquo;Alptekin. \u003cem\u003eLe luxe d\u0026eacute;mocratique\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ea \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; organis\u0026eacute;e en coop\u0026eacute;ration avec\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eEstate of H\u0026uuml;seyin Bahri Alptekin\u003c/strong\u003e. 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