Sarkis

Name: Sarkis
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Sarkis is a comprehensive monograph that explores the works of contemporary artist Sarkis, focusing on his deep connection to Istanbul. It highlights his iconic 1986 installation Çaylak Sokak, a poignant recreation of his family home, which marked a turning point in Turkish contemporary art. The book delves into Sarkis's unique use of the concept of KRIEGS-SCHATZ—war spoils—as a symbol of human suffering, inspired by theorist Aby Warburg. It also covers his Turkish-Armenian identity and commemorates his 2015 Venice Biennale works, marking the Armenian genocide centennial. His latest series, Red Stained Glass, uses red-fractured photographs of Istanbul to explore memory, time, identity, and exile.
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Format: Hardback

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This book is ideal for readers interested in contemporary art, cultural identity, and the intersection of history and memory. It particularly appeals to those fascinated by Istanbul’s artistic scene and the socio-political themes explored through Sarkis’s multifaceted work.

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This comprehensive monograph, published in collaboration with Dirimart, gathers works of contemporary artist Sarkis—conceived and presented in the context of the one city he keeps returning to: Istanbul.

His iconic installation Çaylak Sokak, first exhibited in 1986, is considered a turning point in the history of contemporary art in Turkey. Named after the street Sarkis grew up on, Çaylak Sokak recreates his family home featuring a bathtub and his father's shoes bearing the German words for war spoils: KRIEGS and SCHATZ. A reference to German cultural theorist Aby Warburg's concept of a "Leidschatz" as "humanity's treasure of suffering", "Kriegsschatz" became a key concept in Sarkis' oeuvre.

Drawing on his own Turkish-Armenian identity, Sarkis continues his works presented at the Venice Biennale in 2015, the centennial of the Armenian genocide. His latest body of work, Red Stained Glass, traces the present through fragments from the past. Photographs from Istanbul are rendered in red, fractured, and recombined to further explore themes such as time and memory, presence and absence, identity and exile.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775752541

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 January 2023

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 220 Illustrations

Contributors:

Text by Cem Ileri
Edited by Ayse Orhun Gültekin
Designed by Bülent Erkmen

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 1820g

Pages: 504

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Paris-based Sarkis Zabunyan (*1938, Istanbul), is known by his first name SARKIS. He had his breakthrough with the exhibition Live In Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form at Kunsthalle Bern in 1969, followed by his participation in documenta 6 and 7. Major exhibitions include Passages at the Centre Pompidou in 2010, Hôtel Sarkis, a retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Geneva (MAMCO) in 2011, and his installation Respiro in the Turkish pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015.