Şakir Gökçebağ
Aftermade
SARIEV Contemporary
40, Otets Paisiy str.
Bulgaria, Plovdiv 4000
40, Otets Paisiy str.
Bulgaria, Plovdiv 4000
SARIEV Contemporary has the pleasure to present the first
solo exhibition in the gallery and in Bulgaria by Turkish artist Şakir
Gökçebağ ‘Aftermade’. The show opens on 6 November, 7 p.m. in the presence
of the artist. In an artist talk on 7 November, 3 p.m. Şakir Gökçebağ
will present his work, artistic approach as well as his latest catalog ‘Prefix
& Suffix’. The show will be on view until 15 January 2016 at SARIEV
Contemporary, 40 Otets Paisiy Str. Plovdiv.
In its first solo show by Şakir Gökçebağ SARIEV
Contemporary will show artworks which are representative of the artist and his
artistic vision. He is introduced by René Block who describes his work as
‘ingenious, original and
playful’.
René Block comments the transformation of everyday objects on
occasion of Gökçebağ’s solo show ‘Prefix & Suffix’ at TANAS (Berlin)
in 2013 as follows: He releases everyday objects of their
functional purpose and through interventions full of humor, smart reconstructions,
alienation, fragmentation or ornamental rearrangements he turns them into spectacular
pieces of art. It is always fascinating how he transforms trivial cheap
materials into tender, aesthetical and fine creations. Furthermore, Gökçebağ’s artworks ‘convery something seldom found in contemporary art; they convey a
seemingly uninhibited joie de vivre.’
In the space of SARIEV Contemporary Gökçebağ will present art
installations in his typical style using everyday objects. He himself describes them as ‘aftermade’ – a term introduced
by him for describing his artistic approach. With ‘aftermade’ he
differentiates himself from the ‘classical’ Dadaist practice of ready-made.
Gökçebağ does not only use everyday objects taken out of their normal context.
In his hands they become a raw material that needs to be shaped; he intervenes
radically in their appearance and structure until they loose almost every sign
of their previous functionality.
Şakir
Gökçebağ (born 1965 in Denizli, Tukey) is a Turkish artist based in
Hamburg, Germany. He graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts
(1987). The artist, granted by German and Austrian governments several times
has also been honored with George Maciunas - Wiesbaden, Markus Lupertz - Düsseldorf,
Stiftung Kunstfonds – Bonn awards. His solo shows include: ‘Der, Die, Das’
(2013) at Gallery Arsenal (Poznan, Poland), ‘Prefix & Suffix’(2013) at
TANAS (Berlin), ‘Simple Present’ (2010) at Saarländisches Künstlerhaus,
Saarbrücken; ‘Cuttemporary Art’ (2008) at Kunstverein Leverkusen. Selected
group shows: ‘At The Crossroads II’
(2014) at Sotheby’s (London), ‘Seriously Ironic, Positions in Contemporary
Turkish Art Scene’ (2009) at CentrePasquArt (Biel, Switzerland), ‘Taswir - Pictorial Mappings of Islam and
Modernity’ (2009) at Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin), ‘Wirnenneneshamburg’ (2008) at Kunstverein Hamburg, ‘Passion of Mankind Mankind’ - Summer Biennial (2007) in Lulea (Sweden).