PiST/// at Frieze Art Fair 2008, Stand F36

Regent's Park, London
16 - 19 October 2008
www.frieze.com

Opening Reception
Wednesday, 15 October
7 - 10 PM

PiST has been invited by the directors of the Frieze Art Fair as one of the two not-for-profit, artist-run galleries participating in the fair in 2008. For Frieze Art Fair 2008, PiST has juxtaposed the works of Caner Aslan, Osman Bozkurt, Yang Ah Ham, Köken Ergun, Sefer Memişoğlu, Fahrettin Örenli and Didem Özbek.

Caner Aslan is a young artist who has participated the 5th Berlin Biennial. His works are strongly influenced by the internet. His installation work "https" will be at the PiST Stand F36.


https (gathering information in a variety of ways, not just by “spying” like you see in the movies)
Mixed media
Variable sizes
Caner Aslan, 2007













Osman Bozkurt mainly uses photography and video in his works. After the “Global Cities” exhibition at Tate Modern in 2007, Frieze Art Fair will be his second presentation in London. His new portrait series “Untitled” will be exhibited for the first time at PiST’s Stand F36.

Untitled 0119L
50x70 cm
C-Print
Osman Bozkurt, 2008




















Köken Ergun’s video “The Flag” received an award at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2007. At the PiST stand one of his new videos “The Wedding” will be screened for the first time.

The Wedding
3 Channel Video
12' 10"
Köken Ergun, 2008















Yang Ah Ham who was nominated for the Hermes Art Award 2008 in Korea will install her sculpture “Chocolate Heads” with its companion performance video “Adjective Life - Out of Frame”.

Chocolate Heads
60x40x30 cm
Before and after the performance of Adjective Life - Out of Frame
08'
Yang Ah Ham, 2007









One of Turkey’s leading video artists Sefer Memişoğlu will screen his recent HD video “Rendering Rome” for the first time at Frieze Art Fair 2008.

Rendering Rome
06' 09"
HD Video
Sefer Memişoğlu, 2008














ABN AMRO Art Prize 2004 winner Fahrettin Örenli will exhibit his recent installation work “West-East Dog Line”. It is a multi layered installation that consists of drawings, poems, video and photography with gold-plated and silver sculptures.

A Fairy Tale in Future: Sisss! Shadows
20x54.5 cm
Drawing on Etching Paper
Fahrettin Örenli, 2008




















Didem Özbek will exhibit her limited edition work “White Sugar Cube Book”. Produced as a part of the tea stand installation of PiST at its Stand F36, Turkish tea's ubiquitous companion, white sugar cubes will work as a metaphor of the white cube gallery spaces of the art market, becoming a – sweet – guide for the viewers of the show.
White Sugar Cube Book
240 pieces of wrapped white cube sugars
Limited Edition Work
Didem Özbek, 2008












As an artist-run intative PiST has also invited Maya Ersan to help to present the artist's works at its stand with Didem Özbek and Osman Bozkurt.

PiST/// is a non-profit, independent, artist-run space in Istanbul. Co-directed by Didem Özbek and Osman Bozkurt, it aims to offer an open, diverse, alternative art space. The main focus of PiST is to support the local contemporary art scene while sustaining its continuing growth. Since May 2006 PiST has hosted various exhibitions, discussions, and projects as well as produced its own publications.


PiST///
Dolapdere Caddesi
Pangalti Dere Sokak
No 12 / 14 / 16
Pangalti 34375
Istanbul TR

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With the kind support of Canan Pak and Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency

White Sugar Cube Book

‘White Sugar Cube Book’ is designed as a concise reference guide of the Frieze Art Fair 2008. Realized by Didem Özbek as a conceptual art project with the editorial support of Frieze Art Fair's Yearbook 2008-9 contributors, 240 copies of this limited edition book have been produced. It includes clues on the work of the 240 artists represented by the galleries participating in Frieze Art Fair 2008. Outside of the familiar format of a standard book, all of the pages of this book have been printed on the wrapping paper of white sugar cubes. Throughout the four days of visual bombardment during the fair, the clues about the artist's work on the sugar cubes will perform as an orientation tool for the tens of thousands of visitors around the fair. For those desiring the pleasure of being a collector amidst works worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, the ‘White Sugar Cube Book’ will act as a collector's item. Similar to one of our first, most delightful childhood collections, such as comic bubble gum wrapper collections, this project will provide the opportunity of not leaving Frieze empty handed, but instead with an affordable piece of art work.
Didem Özbek is an artist, designer and co-director of PiST/// Interdisciplinary Project Space – a non-profit, independent, artist-run space – in Istanbul. This project aims to carry PiST's familiar daily life in Istanbul to London. Taking inspiration from the neighbourhood tea stand, which acts as a gatekeeper while providing tea service to the whole street and sharing views and thoughts amongst workers and neighbours, PiST aims to be the gate keeper for the neighbouring galleries. Özbek takes this model of communication to Frieze, to create a communication network amongst the world's leading galleries and artists. Produced as a part of the tea stand installation of PiST at Stand F36, Turkish tea's ubiquitous companion, white sugar cubes work as a metaphor of the white cube gallery spaces of the art market, becoming a – sweet – guide for the viewers of the show.

With the kind support of Canan Pak and Istanbul 2010 European Capital Of Culture Agency