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Omer koc london2/27/2024 ![]() Translated from the vernacular Turkish expression 'ismi lâzım değil' (literally, that whose name is unnecessary to mention), the English title of the exhibition You Know Who, conveys the elusiveness of the unknown, explains nothing, defines nothing: it is a name that does not name yet delivers the unnameable. Featuring a variety of media, the works on display take the audience on a sensory journey through the realms of the imaginary. Īt a crossroads between fantasy worlds and reality, the here and now and the hereafter, the everyday and the extraordinary, the profane and the sacred, the tangible and the intangible, the exhibition brings together artworks by artists, including artefacts originating in popular culture. Including the demonic concept and expanding it to neighbouring themes, the exhibition also addresses concepts of monstrosity, hybridity, bestiality, cosmic and social orders and otherness while exploring man - made ways to ward off and put a face on evil. It comes to us from afar as a of symbolical value and of varying forms, which mirrors and crystallises a given society's or era's fears and desires. In the Byzantine world, the demonic figure stands among the figures em bodying the unknown, providing a historical and cultural paradigm for humanity's representation of the uncanny. Inspired by this historical and cultural heritage, You Know Who puts contemporary artworks into per spective with ancient iconographic and textual sources, tracing the survival, migration and transformation of forms, beliefs and representations throughout history. ![]() On the base ment floor, an interactive spatial experience provides the visitors with an im mersive sensory journey through the foundational images from Byzantine cosmology and iconography.įocusing on the fascination and the fear of the unknown, the exhibition takes its cue from the rich Byzantine imagery and literary sources related to the supernatural, the uncanny and the otherworld. Nearly 100 works of various media by more than 45 artists are displayed on the ground and first floors and in the garden of the Mansion. ![]() Koç and organised under the auspices of Koç Holding, You Know Who features works from the Ömer Koç Collection along with new productions commissioned for this exhibition with the support of Koç Holding and works loaned from institutions, artists and collectors from Turkey and abroad. YOU KNOW WHO CURATORS : SELEN ANSEN & BRIGITTE PITARAKISĮncouraged by Ömer M. Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion, in Istanbul, between 20 September-11 December 2022.
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