Outdoor Projects

Contemporary Istanbul 2011 goes far by not only overflowing İstanbul Convention and Exhibition Center and Istanbul Congress Center, but also by bringing contemporary art to public spaces. For this year edition of the fair, 3 major artworks will be exhibited in Nişantaşı area for the first time.

An outstanding sculpture entitled “Classic Arc” by Bernar Venet (Riff Art Projects Paris-İstanbul), the high standing French artist known with its monumental sculpture installations in the Castle of Versailles Palace will be will be placed in Abdi İpekçi street, Nişantası.

The witty and vivid Spanish artist Carlos Aires’s (Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna) installation called “Es Pain” can be seen on the façade of The Sofa Hotel from the 22nd of November.

Azade Köker’s installation “Bayrak/Göz” (Galerie Zilberman) representing the “homeland” concept and its viewpoint will be a landmark just outside the fair’s premises: close to Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center’s Rumeli Gate.

Carlos Aires, "Es Pain" (Sofa Hotel entrance, Nişantaşı)