12th Istanbul Biennial

THE 12TH ISTANBUL BIENNIAL

September 17 / November 13, 2011

The visual identity and the title of the 12th Istanbul Biennial—Untitled (12th Istanbul Biennial), 2011—reference the work of the Cuban American artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957–1996), one of the most important artists of the contemporary era.

The five group exhibitions of the 12th Istanbul Biennial are titled Untitled (Abstraction), “Untitled” (Ross), “Untitled” (Passport), Untitled (History), and “Untitled” (Death by Gun). Each departs from a specific work by Felix Gonzalez-Torres. More than 50 solo presentations carry further the discussions broached by the group exhibitions.

solo presentations:

Zarouhie Abdalian
Bisan Abu-Eisheh
Eylem Aladoğan
Jonathas de Andrade
Nazgol Ansarinia
Edgardo Aragón
Ardmore Ceramic Art Studio
Marwa Arsanios
Yıldız Moran Arun
Nicolás Bacal
Taysir Batniji
Letizia Battaglia
Milena Bonilla
Mark Bradford
Geta Bratescu
Teresa Burga
Adriana Bustos
Elizabeth Catlett
Claire Fontaine
Abraham Cruzvillegas
Nazım Hikmet Richard Dikbaş
Adrian Esparza
Simon Evans
Geoffrey Farmer
Dani Gal
Simryn Gill
Group Material
Özlem Günyol & Mustafa Kunt
Newell Harry
Zarina Hashmi
William E. Jones
Tamás Kaszás & Anikó Loránt
Tim Lee
Leonilson
Renata Lucas
Dóra Maurer
Tina Modotti
Füsun Onur
Catherine Opie
Ahmet Öğüt
Vesna Pavlovic
Rosângela Rennó
Meriç Algün Ringborg
Martha Rosler
Wael Shawky
Gabriel Sierra
Nasrin Tabatabai and Babak Afrassiabi (PAGES)
Francisco Tropa
Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor
Hank Willis Thomas
Camilo Yáñez
Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck & Media Farzin
Ala Younis
Akram Zaatari

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