Two Generations Of The Rainbow

Istanbul Modern’s video programs aimed at presenting some of the most significant local and international productions created in this medium. Through a varied selection, they revealed how certain contemporary artists used new technologies to analyse or represent the aesthetic, emotional and social concerns of the times in which they live. Under the title "Painting as a Way of Living", the video works by Lida Abdul, Adrian Paci, Sarkis and Tony Tasset proposed fascinating reflections on the practice of painting and revealed how the marvels of the sublime go hand in hand with the simplicity, the difficulties and the tragedies of everyday life. The works by these artists offered new insights into the understanding of how painting as a discipline continued to exist and expand beyond the classical limits of the framed canvas, into new territories, thanks to the use of contemporary media. The 4th Video Program at Istanbul Modern ran parallel to the monographic exhibition of works by two major Turkish abstract painters, Fahrelnissa Zeid and Nejad Devrim.

Curator: Rosa Martínez