Sublime Porte: Art and Contemporary Turkey (Exhibition and Symposium)

March 15, 2013 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM

 

EXHIBITION

 

A group exhibition featuring works by: Osman Akan, Burak Arikan, Kezban Batibeki, Nezaket Ekici, Paul Fabozzi, Murat Germen, Peter Hristoff, Gözde İlkin, Michael Marfione, Alex Morel, Arzu Ozkal, Murat Pulat, Gulay Semercioglu, Orkan Telhan and Elif Uras. 

 

St. John’s University is honored to present Sublime Porte: Art and Contemporary Turkey, an exhibition which features a broad range of contemporary works by a select group of emerging and internationally acclaimed artists whose works respond to Turkey’s rich cultural diversity.  The exhibition addresses issues of race, gender, sexuality, religion and politics as well as broader arguments concerning art, culture and globalization.

 

ON VIEW at Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery/Sun Yat Sen Hall, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY 11439

OPENS: March 14 - May 2, 2013

ARTIST’S RECEPTION: Friday, March 15, 2013, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

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SYMPOSIUM

 

Turkey’s Kurdish Question: Current Challenges and Prospects

 

Panelists will discuss perspectives on Turkey’s new constitution, the changing nature of citizenship, Kurdish cultural rights and affirmative action while analyzing similar cases around the world.  Following the symposium, renowned journalist and author Mustafa Akyol will be presenting his recent publication Islam Without Extremes.

 

LOCATION: D’Angelo Center Room 416, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY 11439

SYMPOSIUM: 1:30 - 4 p.m.

MUSTAFA AKYOL, Islam Without Extremes: 4 - 4:30 p.m.

 

Light refreshments will be served.  Events are free of charge and accessible to the disabled.

 

Information and Directions:

(718) 990-7476 

www.stjohns.edu/yehgallery