Portfolio

Orient/ation

1995

Large-format canvas box with prints by 17 artists
100 x 70 cm

Edition of 90
Edition A: 50 copies (numbered 1/50-50/50, all in portfolios)
Edition B: 40 copies (numbered I/XL-XL/XL, as artist's proofs)

Edition A only available with the portfolios "Dem Frieden eine Formgeben", "The Readymade Boomerang", "Orient/ation", "Love it or Leave it"
Selected prints (Edition B) available individually

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Print by Ayse Erkmen shows a photo of condensed water droplets on a window pane in shades of blue
Abstract colored photo print by Rebecca Horn. Red and yellow amorphous shapes can be seen on a black surface, in which two kissing faces can be assumed.
Graphic by Alfredo Jaar. White text on a dark background: „I am lured by faraway distances, the immense void I project upon the world. A feeling of emptiness grows in me; it infiltrates my body like a light and impalpable fluid. In its progress, like a dilation into infinity, I perceive the mysterious presence of the most contradictory feelings ever to inhabit a human soul.“ etc.
Graphic by Ilya Kabakov. Between two blocks of text is a drawing by Kabakov with dark clouds on the upper edge and a city outskirts with a wasteland on the lower edge, with Cyrillic letters in between that look like rain.
Expressive lithograph by Per Kirkeby with red and various blue color areas, on which structures are partially drawn with chalk. It is reminiscent of a map
Offset print by Komar & Melamid shows the results of a survey on the most and least popular Turkish paintings. Two paintings are shown, a figurative, kitschy landscape painting as the “most wanted Turkish painting” and an abstract grid with an impasto application of paint as the “most unwanted Turkish painting”, as well as answers to questions.
Offset print by Olaf Metzel in black and white shows rows of monoblock chairs filling the entire picture, as if at a public event
Screen print by Tatsuo Miyajima shows three technical drawings of a vehicle with engine circuits, below which is written: Uncertainty Car
Screen print Aydan Murtezaoglu. White letters on a black background, a vertical line in the middle. It is a recreation of a historical photograph: the blackboard with which Kemal Ataturk demonstrated the Latin alphabet when it was introduced
Screen print on offset print by Nam June Paik shows a black and white photo of a toy train wagon with FLUXus EXPRess written on it. Paik's handwritten notes from letters are printed over it in screen print
Offset print by Sarkis shows a historical street name sign from Istanbul: CAYLAK SOKAK, the street where Sarkis grew up. Below it, he places a date from his year of birth: 26.9.19380
Mixture of polyester, tea and PVC forms a dark red surface on which the crushed tea leaves have left black, smudged traces
Screen print by Rosemarie Trockel shows a blurred, idyllic photo in sepia with a print grid, depicting a young couple sitting in a meadow. She has a black cat on her lap, he is holding a goose
A gloomy woodcut by Ken Unsworth depicts pairs of legs with nails driven through them like stigmata, blood dripping from the wounds. There are spikes on the legs, and in the foreground, distorted faces observe the scene.
Offset print by Lawrence Weiner. On a light background, in Weiner's characteristic uneven slanted font: JUST ABOUT ENOUGH. YETECEK KADAR
Offset print by Richard Wentworth shows two black-and-white photos side by side, depicting the same motif from slightly different perspectives. A road that is broken open in one small spot, with a pickaxe and shovel lying next to it, as well as two cables. Two parallel dotted lines running away from the spot have been drawn on with black pen.
Offset print on screen print shows the cistern in Istanbul with its tall columns and arches in dark tones. A golden chair stands in the water and is reflected in the surface. In contrast to the mighty columns, the chair appears small.

    Artists: Ayşe Erkmen, Rebecca Horn, Alfredo Jaar, Ilya Kabakov, Per Kirkeby, Komar & Melamid, Olaf Metzel, Tatsuo Miyajima, Aydan Murtezaoğlu, Nam June Paik, Sarkis, Serge Spitzer, Rosemarie Trockel, Ken Unsworth, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Wentworth, Maaria Wirkkala

    The portfolio “Orient/ation” was published within the 4th International Istanbul biennial “Orient/ation” which took place in 1995.

    Works in portfolio
    Orient/ation

    Image 3017

    Ayşe Erkmen

    Image 3017

    1995

    1.500 Euro
    Les raisins de la nuit

    Rebecca Horn

    Les raisins de la nuit

    1995

    2.400 Euro
    Untitled (for Cioran)

    Alfredo Jaar

    Untitled (for Cioran)

    1995

    600 Euro
    On the Edges

    Ilya Kabakov

    On the Edges

    1995

    900 Euro
    Istanbul

    Per Kirkeby

    Istanbul

    1995

    1.200 Euro
    The Most Wanted Turkish Painting & The Most Unwanted Turkish Painting

    Komar & Melamid

    The Most Wanted Turkish Painting & The Most Unwanted Turkish Painting

    1995

    400 Euro
    Chairs

    Olaf Metzel

    Chairs

    1995

    400 Euro
    u-car „Running Time“

    Tatsuo Miyajima

    u-car „Running Time“

    1995

    400 Euro
    Untitled

    Aydan Murtezaoğlu

    Untitled

    1995

    400 Euro
    Fluxus Traffic

    Nam June Paik

    Fluxus Traffic

    1995

    1.200 Euro
    Caylak Sokak 26.9.19380 und Caylak Sokak 26.9.19950

    Sarkis

    Caylak Sokak 26.9.19380 und Caylak Sokak 26.9.19950

    1995

    400 Euro
    Polyester Coffee Tea & PVC

    Serge Spitzer

    Polyester Coffee Tea & PVC

    1995

    1.200 Euro
    Untitled

    Rosemarie Trockel

    Untitled

    1995

    900 Euro
    Keep Moving

    Ken Unsworth

    Keep Moving

    1995

    400 Euro
    Just About Enough

    Lawrence Weiner

    Just About Enough

    1995

    900 Euro
    The Dig. Istanbul 5 July 1995

    Richard Wentworth

    The Dig. Istanbul 5 July 1995

    1995

    750 Euro
    Unaccompanied Luggage

    Maaria Wirkkala

    Unaccompanied Luggage

    1995

    400 Euro