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In the Beginning Dazzling Night: Sarkis, Berat Işık

Past exhibition
21 December 2018 - 26 January 2019
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In the Beginning Dazzling Night, Sarkis, Berat Işık
Berat Işık, who is mainly known with his sociopolitical works, takes the book titled “Blindness” by José Saramago as the reference point. Along with his wall installation titled “Dazzling,” the artist attributes a symbolic meaning to the source of light which dominates the space. The artist who placed a panel consisting of 54 blinker lights in a golden frame, which has a kitsch aesthetic, violates the pictorial limit defined by the frame. The blinkers, known as the warning lights of the official cars and military zones, are in the centre of the work and refer to the blindness imposed. The dazzling white light presents a simulation of social blindness developed against the tools of the government, power and system metaphorically.
 
Included in the exhibition with his video titled "Au Commencement la Nuit" (In the Beginning Night), dated 1997, Sarkis was invited by Berat Işık with great excitement in order to strengthen the conceptual frame, during the production process of the work. The idea of including Sarkis in the exhibition -in a visible or invisible way- develops a holistic structure which envelope each other in each layer and dominates the space as it deepens. Therefore, the exhibition exposes the dazzling show of these two works engaging in a perfect dialogue in sense of space, visual language and the intellectual structure.
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