11 December 2015 - 1 May 2016 ISTANBUL: PASSION, JOY, FURY, MAXXI, Rome

11 December 2015 - 1 May 2016

ISTANBUL: PASSION, JOY, FURY

Galleries 1, 2 and 2 biscurated by Hou Hanru with a team of international curators

The passion for creativity
The joy that emerges from achieving objectivesThe fury of the city 

We are continuing our exploration of the cultural milieu of the Mediterranean basin and the relations between the Middle East and Europe. Following the exhibition Unedited History on contemporary Iranian art, MAXXI has reached Istanbul.

An exploration through major works
and new artistic production
with in-depth examinations and first-hand testimony.

Istanbul: Passion, Joy, Fury tackles the dynamics, the changes and the cultural demands of contemporary Turkey, a bridge between the western and eastern worlds.

Starting out with the recent protests at Gezi Park, the exhibition examines five major themes: urban transformations; political conflicts and resistance; innovative models of production; geopolitical urgencies; hope.

The invited artists and architects:

Hamra Abbas, Asu Aksoy, Can Altay, Halil Altindere, Emrah Altınok, Architecture for all/Herkes İçin Mimarlık, Burak Arıkan, Volkan Aslan, Fikret Atay, Vahap Avşar, Imre Azem, Osman Bozkurt, Angelika Brudniak, Hera Büyüktaşcıyan, Antonio Cosentino, Jeremiah Day, Burak Delier, Cem Dinlenmiş, Cevdet Erek, Inci Eviner, Extrastruggle, Gaye Günay, Nilbar Güreş, Hazavuzu, Emre Hüner, Ali Kazma, Sinan Logie, Cynthia Madansky, Yoann Morvan, Pinar Ogrenci, Ahmet Ögüt, Nejla Osseiran, Ceren Oykut, Didem Özbek , Şener Özmen, Pattu , Didem Pekün, Zeyno Pekünlü, Mario Rizzi, Alexis Sanal, Sarkis, So?, Superpool, Ali Taptik, Serkan Taycan, Cengiz Tekin, Güneş Terkol, Nasan Tur.