ecofeminism(s) opens at Thomas Erben Gallery - open now in New York!

Thrilled that Bilge’s work Cedar Forest, 1989, is included in ecofeminism(s), an incredible group exhibition at Thomas Erben Gallery, curated by Monika Fabijanska. This exhibition explores the legacy of some of the pioneers of ecofeminist art: Helène Aylon, Betsy Damon, Agnes Denes, Bilge Friedlaender, Ana Mendieta, Aviva Rahmani, and Cecilia Vicuña, and how their ideas and strategies are continued, developed or opposed by the younger generation – Andrea Bowers, Eliza Evans, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Carla Maldonado, Mary Mattingly, Jessica Segall, and Hanae Utamura. It also features the ecofeminist works of Lynn Hershman Leeson and Barbara Kruger, who escape these categories.

ecofeminism(s) is open to the public - with safe visiting protocols in place - weekdays through Friday, July 24.

Thomas Erben Gallery, 526 West 26th Street, floor 4, New York, NY 10001

Online conversations
 Wednesday, July 15, 6:30 PM EST
Aviva Rahmani, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Jessica Segall
Link to zoom  Meeting ID: 981 2636 6765 Password: 733683

Wednesday, July 22, 6:30 PM EST
Betsy Damon, Eliza Evans, Carla Maldonado
Eleanor Heartney (art writer, contributing editor, Art in America)
Link to zoom  Meeting ID: 961 5414 6249 Password: 959807

Moderated by Monika Fabijanska

Speakers' Bios

Installation view ecofeminism(s), left to right: Carla Maldonado, Mary Mattingly, and Cecilia Vicuña (Bilge Friedlaender, sculpture). Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, June/July 2020 (photos: Andreas Vesterlund).

Installation view ecofeminism(s), left to right Eliza Evans, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Hanae Utamura, Betsy Damon, Aviva Rahmani, and Jessica Segall. Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, June/July 2020 (photos: Andreas Vesterlund).

The Border of Time - Opens Mar 22 @ Neues Museum, Nürnberg, Germany

Very pleased to announce an upcoming exhibit featuring; Bilge Friedlaender - Füsun Onur - Ahmet Doğu İpek. The Border of Time/ Saum der Zeit / Zamanın Kıyısı at the Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design Nürnberg  March 23.2018 - June 10.2018

Füsun Onur, Düş , 1981
courtesy VKF, Istanbul, 

"Pictures of Nothing" opens September 9th @ PG Art Gallery

Group exhibition "Pictures of Nothing" opens the season at @pgartgallery. Curated by Arie Amaya-Akkermans; a survey of some ideas in contemporary abstraction. The artists in the exhibition: Vitaly Barabanov (@vitalybarabanov), Chris Barnard (@professorpaintpaint), Sandra Çavdar (@sandracavdar), Kevin Finklea (@kevin.finklea), Bilge Friedlaender (@bilgefriedlaender), Petr Kirusha, Damir Muratov, Devran Mursaloğlu (@devranmursaloglu), Ivan Novikov (@ivan___novikov), Katherina Olschbaur (@kat_olshbaur), Alexandra Paperno (@alexandrapaperno), Sergey Rozhin (@100rc), Amba Sayal-Bennett (@ambasayalbennett), Hala Schoukair, Eda Soylu (@soylueda). Exhibition opening, September 9. #art #painting #Istanbul #abstraction #abstract #Turkey  

Sandra Çavdar, fragments of memory series, 31x41 cm, oil and ink on paper, 2016

 

Family Dinner: A Group Exhibition May 23 – June 30 @ Galeri Nev

A group of 10 drawings by Bilge from 1998 are currently on view.

"Galeri Nev İstanbul is excited to present “Family Dinner: A Group Exhibition” as the last show of the season. On view between May 20th and June 30th, 2017, the show brings together works by Murat Morova, Bilge Firedlaender, Nermin Er, Nejad Devrim, Melek Mazıcı,Gökçen Dilek Acay, Tayfun Erdoğmuş, Mike Berg and Ahmet Doğu İpek."

Bilge Friedlaender, Untitled, Mixed media on paper, 32 x 26 cm, 1998
Photo: Rıdvan Bayrakoğlu

Dark Deep Darkness and Splendor @ Galerist Istanbul April 27 - June 10, 2017

Another chance to see the artist's book Homage to Sinan in an expanded view - part of the group exhibition at Galerist

"The works in the exhibition which takes its name from David Lynch’s lithography titled 'Dark Deep Darkness', meet one another on the intersecting planes of cosmos, earth and melancholia. The exhibition puts together works by Murat Akagündüz, Arif Aşçı, Vahap Avşar, Kerem Ozan Bayraktar, Aslı Çavuşoğlu, Nejad Devrim, Alev Ebüzziya, Nermin Er, Bilge Friedlaender, Sibel Horada, Ahmet Doğu İpek, David Lynch, Jason Martin, Füsun Onur, Mübin Orhon, Alp Sime, Ali Emir Tapan, Masao Yamamoto and Fahrelnissa Zeid."

Arter Exhibit Oct 2016 - Jan 2017

Arter hosts Bilge Friedlaender’s solo exhibition entitled “Words, Numbers, Lines” between 14 October 2016 and 15 January 2017. The exhibition, curated by Mira Friedlaender and Işın Önol, brings together works of the artist which have never been shown in Turkey nor exhibited elsewhere since the 1980s. “Words, Numbers, Lines” also marks the artist’s first solo exhibition since she passed away in 2000.

View more at Arter

"Words Numbers Lines" installation view, Arter, 2016

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October 2016 - Solo exhibit at Arter

Oct. 14, 2016 – Jan . 15, 2017

Bilge Friedlaender's exhibition at Arter will feature a body of work from the artist's fecund years of production between 1975 and 1985. Most of the works in the exhibition remained unseen since the 70s. As the first solo presentation of Friedlaender's work since her passing in 2000, this exhibition will present examples of her rigorous and analytical works. Finding "time, repetition, and the numerical mystery structure of things" as the focal point to explore, Friedlaender used paper, string, and natural materials to engage the line and square as expressions of the basis of human-ness.

Curators: Mira Friedlaender and Işın Önol

ARTER,  BEYOĞLU, İSTANBUL, TR  

Hayal ve Hakikat @ The Istanbul Modern

We are happy to announce that three of Bilge's works from the Epic of Gilgamesh series will be included in the exhibit Hayal ve Hakikat (Dream and Reality) – at the Istanbul Modern - September 15, 2011 – January 2012

Sculpture Exhibit: The Gilgamesh Epic

Original Press Release:

Bilge Friedlaender's exhibition of sculpture, opening April 2nd and running through April 24th at Jessica Berwind Gallery, will include an installation of linen handmade paper and marble sculpture, a livre d'artiste and monoprints based on her interpretation of The Gilgamesh Epic. These works were included in the 2nd International Arts Biennial in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Gilgamesh Epic (4,000 B.C.) is the oldest epic known to us. The discovery of cuneiform clay tablets in the mid-nineteenth century in present day Turkey and Iraq led to the deciphering of the epic. Predating the Homeric epic by a thousand and a half years Gilgamesh, the renowned King of Uruk, is the first human hero in search of immortality and power. His outward struggle for immortality begins with the cutting of the sacred cedar forest, killing its sacred guard, enraging Ishtar/Inanna, the Goddess of heaven and earth and procreation, and finally killing her sacred bull of heaven. Displeased with Gilgamesh's trespasses, the Gods punish him with the death of his beloved friend Enkidu. This sacrifice brings about a search which ends with Gilgamesh's realization that only human creativity and deeds outlive death.

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Bilge Friedlaender, who has a longstanding concern for the safety and preservation of the environment, sees in this epic a metaphor for modern man's destruction of the elements of nature and the need for awakening the human consciousness to our interdependency with nature. Bilge also sees in Inanna/Ishtar's struggle with Gilgamesh and her journey to the underworld and back a parallel to the awakening feminine consciousness of our time.

With these dual interests she has created sculpture as tools for healing and as offerings to engage in a dialogue of transformation. She has used the circle and the spiral as ancient sacred forms of continuity and healing. Her artist's book on Gilgamesh includes ten original chine-colle etchings, in an edition of 50, printed by Cindy Royce Ettinger in Philadelphia. This book is currently beginning a four year tour of Eastern and Western Europe in an exhibition of collaborative works, "Crossing Over/Changing Places," curated by Jane Farmer. Her monoprints were executed at Pyramid/ Atlantic, a handmade paper and artists' book workshop in Washington, D.C .. Bilge Friedlaender was invited to participate in two international Biennials of handmade paper sculpture in Germany and Hungary in 1992.

Cosmic Word Dreamer

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