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PILEVNELI Gallery is pleased to present a new body of work by Bora Akinciturk, on view at its Dolapdere location in Istanbul between May 22 – July 6, 2019. The exhibition titled “(applause)” is the artist’s second solo show with the gallery since he joined in 2017. Akinciturk will debut new paintings, a new sculpture accompanied by a video from 2016 and an installation which will act as an epilogue for the previous show he had with the gallery last year.

 

Akinciturk is known for his engaging works in a wide variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, installation and video. His work addresses ideas from the world of the internet and deals with themes such as apocalypse, internet culture & aesthetics, social arrangements, feelings and expression in the digital age.

 

The new series of canvases consist of oil paintings of Photoshop collages the artist has made a few years ago and outsourced last year in the village of Dafen in southern China. Dafen is an artist village for the production of replicas of masterworks and outsourcing of original art creation. This approach of production combines to create mixed-up narratives apparently intended for mass distribution, production and consumption. The works look intentionally readymade and almost anonymous, mimicking online content. Most of them are composed of photos taken by the artist and material found online combined with the artists drawings.