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Swaddling the Baby: Gülsün Karamustafa

Past exhibition
28 February - 13 April 2019
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Swaddling the Baby, Gülsün Karamustafa

 

Gülsün Karamustafa who addresses to sociopolitical themes such as cultural patterns, social codes, identity struggle, migration, gender, political impotence in her works, invites the spectators to a journey through the basis of purity. "Swaddling the Baby," inspired by the artist's trip to Florence in 1969, when she was a student, was revived after a visit to "Ospedale degli Innocenti," an old orphanage building designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. Handcrafted by Andrea Della Robbia, the wall engravings accompanying the dramatic story of the building and featuring swaddled baby drawings refer to the tragedies that have been continuing to be relevant since the 15th century. The exhibition titled "Swaddling the Baby" focusing on the children who are the victims of their time because of the wars that have been continuing for the ages, massive disasters, migrations and diasporas, reinterprets the state of being in need of help.

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