Author: Ismail Saray
Title: x. biennale de Paris Ismail Saray 1977
Description: N.p., N.d., [1977]. Small artist book (7,5 x 5 cm) prepared for the 10th Paris Biennial. Stapled. Text in English and photo's in bl/w. In a very good condition. Although Ismail Saray participated in numerous exhibitions in Turkey and Europe from the 1970s to the 1990s, he remained a fringe figure in the art world, both locally and internationally, with his increasingly political works. His dissidence against the system and his critical view of the institutionalization of art, his status as a state employee, his bohemian lifestyle, his self-imposed exile after the 1980 coup and the deficient art historiography in Turkey, overlay his important artistic work. His work has an international resonance and shows progressive practices of the time - at the same time a keen sense of place.

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