*For Immediate Release* The Re:Duchamp Traveling Exhibiton will participate in the 7TH INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL BIENNIAL, TURKEY Press Reception: September 22, (5-8pm) Location: Sofyali Sokak 26, Ikinci Blok Asmalimescit, Tunel 80050 Istanbul, Turkey Exhibition Dates: 22 September – 13 October, 2001 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Halil Akdeniz, Huseyin Alptekin, Selda Asal, Nancy Atakan, Cem Aydogan, Jessica Bajoros, Jason Banker, Yasha Butler, Elif Celebi, Ipek Duben, Dorsey Dunn, Memed Erdener, Filippo Falaguasta, Candeger Furtun, Sirin Iskit, Gulsun Karamustafa, Sermin Kardestuncer, Nur Kocak, Jaime Levy, Raffael Lomas, Chris Natrop, Seza Paker, Giordano Pozzi, Margo Sawyer, Frank Schroder, Barry Ledoux Sonnier, Carsten Stehr, Yusuf Taktak, Vahit Tuna, Murvet Turkyilmaz, Tyrome Tripoli. curated by: Ipek Duben (Turkey), Daniel Rothbart (USA) media sponsor: NY ARTS magazine *Recent additions from the 49th Venice Biennale* Curated by Cristine Wang: Mark Amerika Daniel Garcia Andujar Douglas Davis Christoph Draeger Peter Fend Joy Garnett Paul Garrin Ken Goldberg Wang Gongxin Marina Grzinic & Aina Smid Wenda Gu Ingo Gunther Jon Iippolito Eduardo Kac Olga Kisseleva Tina Laporta Jenny Marketou Marcello Mazzela Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) MTAA Olu Oguibe Andres Serrano Tony Oursler Hani Rashid (Asymptote Architects) Mark Tribe & Kerry Tribe "Re: Duchamp, Travelling Exhibition" is one of the most recent works of Abraham Lubelski and incorporates the work of over 250 other artists (including Nam June Paik, Dennis Oppenheim, Carl Andre, Ilya + Emilia Kabakov, Inka Essenhigh, Taylor Mead, and Larry Weiner, among others). The installation, after Duchamp’s installation for the "First Papers of Surrealism", is an assemblage of clotheslines from which are hung all the artwork to be viewed at once. These shows become a Duchampian metaphor of the contemporary art world. When Duchamp developed a benefit exhibition for the French Relief Societies in 1942 with a mile of string it was not only to fulfill a commission to do things as cheaply as possible but it was also the opportunity to create a metaphor for the difficulties the visitor often encounters in the attempt to understand modern art. To Duchamp, to Beuys, everything is art and everything is possible. Or at least art is an attempt at the seemingly impossible. Still the greatest dream of everyone is to live a life of freedom: free to be curious, to explore, to seize the moment, to understand. The artist and the world create a common bond, that we are united in our search for "truth." The installation has evolved as it has been presented from country to country. "Re: Duchamp" has already been exhibited in New York City and in various cities in Germany, Poland, Chile and Israel and most recently at the Venice Biennale. View the most recent editions to the Re:Duchamp Traveling Exhibition online at http://geocities.com/firstpulseproj/duchampsplash.html web design by www.firstpulseprojects.org Or viewable from: http://www.cristine.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
