Seminar

From Genius to Celebrity: Entertainment Culture and Contemporary Art

Seminar
From Genius to Celebrity: Entertainment Culture and Contemporary Art

"Curating Contemporary Art" Seminar Program

Seminar: From Genious to Celebrity: Entertainment Culture and Contemporary Art

Speaker: Ferhat Özgür

Time: 6:00-7:30 pm

A discussion based on Ernst Kris and Otto Kurz’s seminal book Legend, Myth, and Magic in the Image of the Artist aims to explore how the notions of genius, myth, and magic—central to early art historical studies—have evolved into the concept of fame in the global contemporary art world. Through visual examples, the talk will examine this transformation and the positioning of contemporary art within the entertainment culture.

About Ferhat Özgür

Born in Ankara and works in Istanbul. Selected solo shows are MOMA PS1- New York, National Gallery of Denmark- Copenhagen, Michigan University Museum of Art, Marabouparken-Sweden, Album Arte-Rome, Gallery Heike Curtze-Salzburg and Vienna, Bernhard Bishoff and Partner-Bern, The Pill-Istanbul, Merdiven Art Space, Galeri Nev-Ankara, Yapı Kredi Kazım Taşkent Art Gallery and Siyah-Beyaz-Ankara. He has numerous articles and essays published in various papers and periodicals. He took part in 9.Busan Biennale 10.Istanbul Biennale, 6.Berlin Biennale, 3.Orebro Biennale, 10.Asian Biennale-Bangladesh . His works have been shown in many institutional exhibitions including, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, ARTER, Istanbul Modern, SoMA, IMMA-Dublin, MUMOK-Vienna, Center Pompidou Paris, Ludwig Forum-Aachen. He is the member of AICA.

* To learn conditions of participation in a single seminar, we would kindly ask you to send an e-mail to apply@curatingcontemporaryart.org address noting the required seminar details. Single seminar participation fee is 650 TL.

* The program will take place on the online platform Zoom.

20 March 2025 Thursday 18:00

Online Platform – Zoom

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