THE SINISTRY IS A VISIONARY COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARTISTS BERT GILBERT AND IZZET ERS. A CREATIVE AND EMOTIONAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN GILBERT’S ENERGETIC ARTWORK, FOCUSED ON UNCODING LAYERS OF SUBTEXT HIDDEN WITHIN CONVERSATION, AND ERS’ RESPONSE VIA PAINSTAKINGLY INTRICATE STITCHWORK AND APPLIQUÉ.. THEIR PARTNERSHIP IS INSPIRED BY JUNGIAN CONCEPTS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, SEEKING TO EXPLORE AND REPRESENT THE UNION OF THE MALE AND FEMALE ; A SO CALLED ‘SYZYGY’ AND THE RESULTING ALCHEMY THAT CAN BE OBTAINED IN THIS UNION. THE FIRST MANIFESTO BASED VOLUME OF THEIR PROJECT CULMINATES IN A SERIES OF SEVEN GENDERLESS “ LIBERATION SUITS”, OFFERING THE WEARER OR VIEWER A VISCERAL LIBERATION FROM THE MULTI-LAYERS OF CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS ACTIONS.
13TH APRIL - 6TH MAY 2017 THE SUITS WERE SHOWN AS PART OF A GROUP SHOW IN ISTANBUL AT “THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD” CURATED BY
SUZANNE EGERAN, HOSTED BY NEAR EAST at Serdar Ömerpaşa Caddesi, No:82
AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND TURKISH ARTISTS WILL BE FEATURED IN THE SHOW, EXPLORING THE ILLUSION OF SPACE AND THE ROLE OF DISTANCE IN AN ARTWORK. THE VIEWER IS ENGAGED; OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE CHALLENGED, LEADING US TO QUESTION THE IDEALS WE BRING TO AN ARTWORK AND BEYOND.
ARTIST LIST: JAKE & DINOS CHAPMAN, SARAH CROWNER, HAYV KAHRAMAN, RONI HORN, IZZET ERS & BERT GILBERT, ALI EMIR TAPAN, GUNES TERKOL, ISIL EGRIKAVUK