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Ahmet Ogut: Softly But Firmly
Softly but Firmly
Publication was published on the occasion of the solo exhibition of Ahmet Öğüt which was held from 13.03.2007. - 04.04.2007. in Gallery Miroslav Kraljević. Publisher: G-MK׀ Galerija Miroslav Kraljević Editors: Antonia Majača and Jasna Jakšić Text: Design: Damir Gamulin
soft cover, 16,2x19,5 48 pages, 11 photos,
Price 60 kuna
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'Ahmet, "Devrim (Revolution)" reminds me of Vahit Tuna's work titled "The president's car". "The president's car" reflects not only Vahits relationship to his own childhod but also reflects the transformation of luxurious American cars imported to Istanbul. From the late 40s until the end of 70s in Istanbul, which was a working class city, those American cars were first owned by the wealthy families, after they were used as taxies and finally were extended as much as possible in lenght and used as a kind of minbus with eight seats. In the meantime they were reproduced in small city workshops, except for their exterior framework, in other words they were 'hybridized'. I am not talking about a city which develops a sort of industry or manufactures its own vehicles but am referring to the sweatshop city. In your work there is also a president, this time it is not Truman as in Vahit's work but Cemal Gürsel, the President of Turkey in that time. Turkey underwent another revolution after the "Devrim (Revolution)" in 1960 and started to manufacture an automobile. However, this car remains to be a prototype, a single example. In that sense it is handmade, like a 'sculpture'. Looking at the style of the Devrim car it can be seen that it is an American car on the outside although it is 'produced in Turkey'. (selection from an interview)
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Type of programme: publication
Lasting time: 13.03.2007. - 31.03.2008.