/////YOU ARE INVITED TO CHECK IN INTO MENTALKLINIK DURING 36 DAYS, EXCEPT MONDAYS, EVERYDAY BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 17TH TO OCTOBER 22ND. VISITS ARE FROM 10AM TO 7PM AT HASKÖY YARN FACTORY//// A pop up project curated by Jérôme Sans to live the experience of the :mentalKLINIK at Haskoy Yarn Factory. :mentalKlinik is an infamous artistic duo from Istanbul composed of Yasemin Baydar (*1972 ,İstanbul) and Birol Demir (*1967, Ankara) known
for their reactionary form of an open laboratory to reinvent process, production, roles, conception and presentation. Starting their collaboration in 2000 the creative team began their creative factory that could walk on …. This exhibition presents for the first time the culmination of 10 years of activity, and is an introspective rather than a retrospective. Like a discoball, this project shows a selection of their multifaceted approach on their universe.
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Jérôme Sans is a pioneer in presenting, speaking about and exhibiting contemporary art. He has curated numerous international solo exhibitions worldwide and created installations at the major international art biennales including Lyon, Taipei and Venice. In 2000, he co-founded Palais de Tokyo with his partner Nicolas Bourriaud.
In March 2006, Jérôme Sans was appointed Director of Program at Baltic, in Newcastle, UK. His mission was to establish Baltic as the most creative institution in Europe. Since February 2008, Jérôme Sans has been the Director of the Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing, the first private institution in China.
THAT’S FUCKING AWESOME,2011
CURATOR: JÉRÔME SANS
GALERIST/ ISTANBUL
HASKOY YARN FACTORY
Kırmızı Minare Sok., 7-11, Piri Paşa,
Hasköy Istanbul (just across Koç Museum )
www.galerist.com.tr
CURATOR: JÉRÔME SANS
