Fikret Atay, Spring Fever | The Promenade Gallery

Fikret Atay \Spring Fever\ 2006\Colour video, sound\ 2 min 50

Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel Paris

SPRING FEVER

Fikret Atay

Curator Fani Zguro

Tirana Art Center in collaboration with The Promenade Gallery, Vlore

From April 3 until May 3, 2011

Tirana Art Center

is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Fikret Atay “Spring Fever”, curated by Fani Zguro, in collaboration with The Promenade Gallery, Vlore. “Spring Fever” is a video that focuses on the student demonstrations that took place in Paris in 2005 and will be presented at The Promenade Gallery space.

Fikret Atay - Artist Statement

I was born in Batman in 1976. I am a graduate of Dicle University Fine Arts Faculty. I live in a town where it is practically impossible to produce art. I get more pleasure from producing art in the context of the impossible than I would producing in the metropolitan context. Difficulty plus success is perhaps the starting point of the most wonderful and powerful work. To penetrate daily life, to find the depth of the time in the moment, to reflect this in the town in which one lives and to struggle for understanding…these are the difficulties faced in producing art in this town. Am I able to decode the passwords? Can the codes change? Could the Chaos of communication achieve a balance? These are the questions that seek to break out. Being alone in Batman is to not exist. One only lives while working, as if life is concentrated into the making of a ninety minute film. When one’s work travels to the ‘center’ it’s as though this film is being screened. When the film is over existence ends. Yet here life goes on. And I live here.

Fikret Atay has exhibited also at Viafarini, Milan and Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen (2010), Outlet, Istanbul and Lyon Biennial (2009), New Museum, New York (2008), Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela (2007), UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles and Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (2006), Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torin (2005), Tate Modern, London (2004), Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (2003), Apex Art, New York (2002) etc.

Solo Exhibitions

2011

Fikret Atay, The Promenade Gallery, Vlore Albania

2010

Fikret Atay, Viafarini, Milano, Italy.

2009

King of the Ring, La Chaufferie, E.N.S.A.D., Strasbourg, France. Batman versus Batman, Outlet, Istanbul, Turkey.

2008

Bonner Kunstverein, Germany. 2007 Site Gallery, Sheffield, U.K.

2006

Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A. Le Plateau/Frac Île-de-France, Espace expérimental, Paris, France.

2005

Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany. Maison de l’Architecture, Paris, France. Sonidos lejanos/Distant Sound, MUSAC, Leon, Spain. Fikret Atay-Ursula Blickle videolounge, Kunsthalle, Wien, Austria.

2004

Index, Stockholm, Sweden. Büro Friedrich, Berlin, Germany.

Group Exhibitions

2010

Are you a lucky artist?, Palazzo dei Musei, Biblioteca civica d’arte Luigi Poletti, Modena, Italy.

About us, Johann König Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

Starter, works from the Vehbi Koç Foundation Contemporary Art Collection, Arter, Istanbul, Turkey.

Whales and Eels, VeSch, Vienna, Austria.

Kick Off, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark.

We Won’t Stop Singing, Mestna Galerija, Ljubljiana, Slovenia.

New Wave, Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Linguaggi e sperimentazioni. Giovani artisti in una collezione contemporanea, MART, Rovereto, Italy.

Project Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.

2009

Not eay to save the world, Tanas, Berlin, Germany.

First Image, Macedonian Museum for Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Aftermath, 25th Alexandria Biennale for Mediterranean Countries, Cairo, Egypt.

The Rustle of Language, Francesca Kaufmann Gallery, Milan, Italy.

24 hours Petroleum, Batman, Turkey.

ARTLV 09, Tel Aviv, Israël.

The Spectacle of the everyday, Lyon Biennial, Lyon, France.

Monitaur, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, U.S.A.

Make, shift & Bend, Cafe Gallery Projects, London, U.K.

Time out of joint, Recall and evocation in recent art, The Kitchen, New York, U.S.A.

2008

L’Argent, Le Plateau, Paris, France.

My Space. Cosa vuol dire ‘pubblico’?, PAN - Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Naples, Italy.

I refuse to become what you call normal, Outlet, Istanbul, Turkey.

Home ?, figures des migrations, Galerie Villa des Tourelles, Nanterre, France.

E-Flux Video Rental, The Building, Berlin, Germany.

The Greenroom: reconsidering the documentary and contemporary art, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, U.S.A.

Open sky, spaces beoynd their practice, Castle of Kalsdorf, Ilz, Austria.

Sampling, Centre of popular art and traditions, Athens, Greece.

Glasgow International, The Local, SWG3 Studios, Glasgow, U.K.

Permanent Green/Verde Permanente, Isola Art Center, Milano, Italy.

GLOBAL YOUTH 2.0, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabruck, Germany.

After Nature, New Museum, New York, U.S.A.

Revolutions: Selected works from the collection of Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaître, University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.

2007

Résidents, Espace Electra, Paris, France.

Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary: Optimism in the Age of Global War, Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey.

Cuestión Xeneracional (Generational Issue), Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Documentary FilmPlatform ZONE, MuHKA_media, Antwerp, Belgium.

Geopoéticas, Centro José Guerrero, Granada, Spain.

2006

Hammer Projects, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Charged Space, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, U.S.A.

L’usage du monde, Musée Art moderne et Contemporain, Rijeka, Croatia.

Territory, Vproject ancity Theater, Vancouver, Canada.

EurHope 1153 – Contemporary Art from the Bosphorus, Villa Manin, Passariano, Italy.

Painting Ruins, Afghan Foundation for Culture & Civil Society, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Bühne des Lebens - Rhetorik des Gefühls, Lenbachhaus München, Münich, Germany.

Zones of contact, Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia.

Glasgow International, Tramway, Glasgow, U.K.

2005

The Pantagruel Syndrome, Torinotriennale tremusei, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy.

More Than This! Negotiating Realities, Göteborg Biennial, Göteborg, Sweden.

The Gesture, A Visual library in progress, Macedonian Museum Of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece;

Quarter, The New Center of Contemorary Art, Florence, Italy.

Land Marks, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France.

The Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain.

Critical Societies, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany.

See What Happens, Narrative structures in recent film and video works, Halle Für Kunst eV, Lüneburg, Germany.

Der neue Orient, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Sonidos Lejanos / Distant Sounds, Laboratorio 987, MUSAC, Léon, Spain.

2004

Around the corner, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa, Portugal.

Ethnic Marketing, Centre d’art Contemporain, Genève, Switzerland.

Time Zones : recent film and video, Tate Modern, London, U.K.

Adaptive Behaviour, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, U.S.A.

Emotion Eins, Frankfurter Kusntverein, Frankfurt, Germany.

Quicksand, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Busan Biennial, Busan, South Korea.

Love it or leave it, Cetinje Biennial, Cetinje, Montenegro.

Pontevedra Biennial, Pontevedra, Spain.

2003

Hilchot Shchenim Chapter I, The Israëli Centre for Digital Art, Holon, Israël.

Geographies #3, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France.

Poetic Justice, Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey.

MEDIROM Project, Tirana Biennial, Albania.

U- Topos, 2nd Tirana Biennial, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania.

In den Schluchten des Balkans, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany.

I`m too Sad to Kill You, Proje4L, Museum of Contemporary Art Istanbul, Turkey.

Undesire, Apexart Curatorial Program, New York, U.S.A.

2002 Under the Beach: The Pavement, Apex Art, New York, U.S.A.

Screening Program

2010

And the moral of the story is…, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

2008

Festival Plastique Danse Flore, Jardin du Potager du Roi, Versailles, France.

Bad boys, Castle of Acciaiolo – Scandicci, Firenze, Italy.

Videoist 2010, Kartal Bülent Ecevit Kültür Merkezi, Kartal, Turkey.

2007

Hay algo de revolucionario en todo esto, Sala Parpallo, Valencia, Spain.

2004 Musée International de la Parfumerie, Grasse, France.

S1 Artspace, Scheffield, U.K. Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, U.K. Marres, Maastricht, Netherlands. Courtisane 04 – International Festival for Short Film, Video and New Media, Ghent, Belgium. Public Collection Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel F.R.A.C Alsace, Sélestat, France Tate Modern, London, U.K.

MUDAM, Luxembourg MUSAC, Leon, Spain MACM, Montréal, Canada F.R.A.C Île-de-France, Paris, France Videography GOOAALL !!, 2009 Theorists, 2008 Holiwuut, 2007 Spring Fever, 2006 Any Time Prime Time, 2004 Tinica, 2004 Lalo’s Story, 2004 Bang Bang !, 2003 Rebels of the Dance, 2002 Fast & Best, 2002

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Group Exhibition Catalogues

2010

Languages and experimentations Young Artists in a contemporary collection, Catalogue published by Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto., Italy 2010.

Relational Objects, MACBA Collection, 2002-2007. MACBA, 2010

The Art of Tomorrow, published by Distanz Verlag, Berlin.

Are you a lucky artist?, O Fondazione Fotografia, Milano, 2010

Projecy Europa: Imagining the (im)Possible, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2010, USA.

2008

After Nature. New York: New Museum, 2008. 2007 Geopoliticas (El video como documento del lugar). Granada: Centro Jose Guerrero,

2007

Istanbul Biennal. Istanbul: 2007.

2006

Eurhope 1153. Villa Manin: Contemporary Art from the Bosphorus, 2006.

Vasif Kortun “Fikret Atay.” Sydney: Zones of Contact 2006 Biennal of Sydney, 2006.

2005

The invisible insurrection of a million minds. Bilbao: Sala Rekalde, 2005.

Around the corner. Lisboa: Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, 2005.

La sindrome di Pantagruel. Torino: T1 Triennale Tremusei, 2005.

Der neue Orient. Düsseldorf: Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 2005.

2004

Time zones. London: Tate Modern, 2004.

Quicksand. Amsterdam: De Appel, 2004.

Busan Biennial. Busan: 2004.

Cetinje Biennial. Montenegro: 2004.

Pontevedra Biennial. Spain: 2004.

2003

Poetic Justice. 8th International Istanbul Biennial (Curator: Dan Cameron). Istanbul: 2003.

Tirana Biennial 2, Tirana: 2003.

In den Schluchten des Balkans (Curated by René Block). Kassel: Kunsthalle Fridericianum, 2003.

Press

2010

Möntmann, Nina, “Not easy, to Save the World in 90 Days, Tanas”, Art Forum, April 2010, pp.210-211

Fau, Alexandra, “Fikret Atay, la résistance au quotiden”, Art absolument, Mars/avril 2010.

Rehber, Vivian. “10th Biennale de Lyon.” Frieze (January/February 2010): pp. 110 – 111.

2008

“Index of artists.” Exit 2008.

Kent, Sarah. “10th Istanbul Biennal.” Modern Painters Dec. 2007-Jan. 2008.

2007

“Fikret Atay.” Press Release Site Gallery Sheffield, 2007.

Kortun, Vasif. “Fikret Atay.” Catalogue Biennale d’Istanbul 2007.

Alvarez Reyes, Juan Antonio. “Fikret Atay.” Catalogue Cuestion Xeracional, Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago de Compostela 2007.

2006

Mac Giolla Léith, Caoimhín. “Emerging Artists.” Frieze Jan.-Feb. 2006.

Smolik, Noemi. “Fikret Atay.” Artforum Apr. 2006.

Kortun, Vasif. “Fikret Atay.” Hammer Projects 24 Jan.-19 Apr. 2006.

Pagel, David. “Little lessons in joy.” Los Angeles Times 19 Feb. 2006.

2005

“Fikret Atay.” Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 2005.

De Wachter, Ellen Mara. “London: Tate Modern.” Contemporary 2005.

2004

Dorment, Richard. “Moving images.” The Daily Telegraph 27 Oct. 2004.

“Fikret Atay.” Press Release of Index Stockholm, 2004.

Ekroth, Power. “Fikret Atay, Index.” Artforum 2004.

Greve, Martin. “Pschia, Bang Bang.” Zitty Mar. 2004.

Godfrey, Mark. “Another Time, Another Space.” Tate