The Event of a Thread: Global Narratives in Textiles

Having brought together 25 international contemporary artists, who use textile to create aesthetic and cultural narratives through objects, installations and video works, "The Event of a Thread" continues with artists from Turkey from July 16 onwards.

"The Event of a Thread", an exhibition of an exhibition of Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), made in collaboration with Istanbul Modern, features artists whose works link personal and aesthetic narratives with the social and economic configuration of a globalized world. A variety of stories and opportunities provided by textiles as a multifaceted tool of expression come into view, ranging from Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu’s revival and adoption of the fading tradition of yazma (originally used for hand-painted kerchief) to Burhan Doğançay’s tapestries created at the Aubusson workshops.

Artists: Belkıs Balpınar, Hussein Chalayan, Burhan Doğançay, Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, Şakir Gökçebağ, Gözde İlkin, Gülsün Karamustafa, Servet Koçyiğit, İrfan Önürmen, Sabire Susuz

and

Harald Schmidt Archive

Ziya Tacir.

Curators: Susanne Weiß, Inka Gressel (ifa, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen); Öykü Özsoy Sağnak (Istanbul Modern)

Curatorial Team: Ümit Mesci, Deniz Pehlivaner