08 Feb 2012

C.A.M Gallery presents Murat Durusoy �?Seyir’

C.A.M Gallery / Akaretler presents Murat Durusoy’s exhibition �?Seyir’ on February 10 - March 17, 2012.

The word �?Seyir’ is one of the comprehensive words in Turkish, which means taking a journey from one place to another, to look and also to daydream. Pieces in this exhibition are the outcomes of a 2 years period of looking, wandering and researching.

The exhibition presents works which travels uncannily along the path of History of Digital Culture, new dimensions of photographical expression and digital image production. At one point photographs in this exhibition try to exploit as much as technological tools where as they are also an attempt to re-shape, re-structure the limits of provided technology and its rules which are set by software developers.

As a new destination of �?Seyir’, the series �?Ahırkapı’ is a step through the cities photographed in �?Seyir’. It is an anthology of Durusoy's photographs in which he maintains stretching the limits and questioning the relations of space, perspective and subject.

Actually, there is only one important question Durusoy desires to ask upon these photographs; “What if I really see the world like this?”

About C.A.M Gallery

C.A.M - standing for Contemporary Art Marketing – Gallery was established in 1992 by Sevil Binat and was one of the first Istanbul galleries exclusively to show the work of contemporary Turkish artists and to chart the trends and concerns of the developing scene. Since 2002 the gallery has been solely managed by Sevil and Levend Binat, and now operates on two different locations: Nişantaşı and Akaretler. The gallery actively participates in fairs and exhibitions abroad. The focus of the gallery is on work that is innovative and original, with a strong emphasis on supporting young artists, and discovering new and vital work.

The gallery has always cultivated and enjoyed close relationships with artists, both painters and those who working in the plastic arts. The multi-disciplinary approach of the artists involved with the gallery reflects the diverse interests of Sevil and Levend Binat. In addition, C.A.M is particularly proud to have been one of the first galleries in Istanbul seriously to show photography.
    
�?As the audience and the appetite for contemporary art has increased in Turkey, C.A.M Gallery has not shied away from exhibiting Works that are often difficult in content’, says Binat. �?One of the founding principles of the gallery was to educate and to move its audience and clients – as well as to support its artists. As Turkey becomes a serious player in the global art world, the gallery has attempted to remain committed to quality over quantity, to challenging Works over more comfortable ones. The gallery also strongly believes that, aside from their responsibility to their artists and collectors, it must help educate the public about the shifting notions of what art is, helping to cultivate both taste and awareness. And, though the efforts of C.A.M as well as those of many other galleries, Turkey, and Istanbul in particular, is quickly regaining some of its previous status as a creative centre, with Turkish modernism being rediscovered, and contemporary art flourishing.’