19-10-2011

03-12-2011

Turkey, Istanbul
HAYAKA ARTI Çukurcuma Cad No:19A Tophane 34425 Istanbul Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 12:00 – 18:00 info@hayakaarti.com

Posted by: tuna-poyrazoglu

Category: Exhibition

Field: Visual arts

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HAYAKA ARTI will be hosting "An Homage to Neriman Tuna" by Komet between the dates 20.10.2011 – 03.12.2011. The exhibition will portray the archive of Tuna's collection of her accomplishments (a feminist figure who has lived an active life starting from 1950's in Istanbul) which were abandoned after her death, and found on the street by Komet.

He says “Neriman Tuna as owner of the ‘Yeni Yaşantı’ (New Life) magazine, lived a life protecting the rights of women, working for women's organizations, contacting women's organizations around the world, contacting many countries' leading intellectuals, administrators, and union leaders… and spent her fortune in this cause.. at the end, she died alone and without money, and everything she owned were thrown away. I chose these among them, from those dusty visualizations. It is not a fiction, it is a true tragedy of life.”

There will be newspaper clippings, interviews, awards, photos, letters amongs other archival materials in the exhibition. Komet's intention to make this phantom life visible can also be understood as Tuna's act of documentation of her own existence, as the material was once selected to create a self-portrait.

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