"Curating Contemporary Art" Seminar Program
Seminar: The Birth Of the Language Of Criticism, Its Limits and Dilemmas
Speaker: Emre Zeytinoğlu
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
This seminar will focus on the origins of art criticism, the sources from which it emerges, the language it employs, what it seeks to achieve, and the possible limits of its scope. The discussion will be supported by historical references and will also address some of the key dilemmas that art criticism faces today.
About Emre Zeytinoğlu
In 1980, he graduated from Mimar Sinan University Ceramic Department. Since 1986, his works were shown in numerous exhibitions. From 1988 published articles about art in different journals and multi-authored books. At Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and Marmara University he lectures “Art, Theory and Criticism”, “Contamporary Art” and “Ideological Texts and Art”. He is making documentaries for various television channels. He undertakes curation duties for various institutions and private galleries. He made radio programs on art and football culture. Some of his documentaries about archeological settlements on different television channels, and some of them are still broadcast on Iz TV.
Some of his published books are:
“Art, Somethings and Criticism” (Corpus Publications, 2017), “Impotence of Power and Art” (Ayrıntı Publications, 2014), “Leave A Mark Space / Distance and Contact” (Baksı Foundation Publications, 2013), “Incongruous Comments On Art” (Bağlam Publications, 2008), “Sports in the Sleeping Bag” (Telos Publications, 2004), “The Accomplices Of Art” (Bağlam Publications, 2003 / Belge Publications, 2016), “At The Boundaries Of Concept” (co-authored with Ali Akay, Bağlam Publications, 1998) and “Deconstruction Of A Urinal” (co-authored with Ali Akay, Gallery Urart Publications, 1994 / Minör Publications, 2013).
* This seminar is organized in collaboration between Akbank Sanat and Open Dialogue Istanbul
* 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 850 TL for adults, 650 TL for students (VAT included).
* The program will take place on the online platform Zoom.