Personal Exhibitions

Personal Exhibition: Der Himmel Über Berlin

Personal Exhibition: Der Himmel Über Berlin

Der Himmel über Berlin ÇAĞRI SARAY 8 NOVEMBER 2018 - 15 DECEMBER 2018 Pilot is pleased to present Çağrı Saray’s solo exhibition titled “Der Himmel über Berlin” between 8 November and 15 December. The exhibition “Der Himmel über Berlin” refers to Wim Wenders’ film not only by borrowing its title but it base upon artist’s fascination with the film. He has been watching it over and over again and producing the inspired works since 2006. It is similar to play a song on repeat. Çağrı Saray’s “obsession” with this film is distinctive. He…continue reading →
Personal Exhibition: Threshold of Forgetting

Personal Exhibition: Threshold of Forgetting

Saray seeks for the root of permanence in Turkey’s sites of collective memory: Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul University, Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum, AKM, Haydarpaşa Terminal and Sansaryan Han have become the subjects of Saray’s drawings. Saray’s drawings points out to a call for the preservation of memory while his discontinuous lines stress its loss. Preserving memory, setting up archives and remembering anniversaries require effort and repetition. Memory creates rituals. It relocates moments / spaces that are of the past into the ‘now’. The spaces are fixed as places we can’t easily settle into…continue reading →
Personal Exhibition: Diminishing Time

Personal Exhibition: Diminishing Time

Diminishing Time consists of Çağrı Saray’s installations, drawings, etchings, photographs and videos based upon questionings of identity, personal memory, the concept of home-space and the societal-political meanings of urban environment. A series of works that the artist produced between 1999-2015 and assembled in this exhibition aims to expose the data from today and from the past a single form that is systematic and all-affirming instead of direct and anomalistic elements. Çağrı Saray reviews his past in the back of his memory which he reconstructs with every new experience and incident in the context…continue reading →

Personal Exhibition: Outsider

Sorry, this entry is only available in Turkish. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.     Basın Bülteni   ÇAĞRI SARAY   “OUTSIDER”   9 Ocak  – 21 ŞUBAT 2015 Kuad Galeri Süleyman Seba Cad. 52 Akaretler, Beşiktaş, İstanbul OUTSIDER (dışardaki) başlıklı sergide Çağrı Saray’ın  sunduğu yapıt topluluğu, onun kimlik sorgulamaları, kişisel tarihi, ev-mekan kavramı ve kentsel ortamın toplumsal-siyasal anlamları üstüne görsel düşüncelerini yansıtan desenleri, gravürleri, fotoğraf ve videolarının yerleştirmesini oluşturuyor.   OUTSIDER başlığı,…continue reading →

Personal Exhibition: Grey Corridor

Grey Corridor which is formed by the concepts like history, memory and re-location consists of the recent works produced spesificly for the city, in where Çağrı Saray is a complete stranger. These works include researches and sketchs about the memory of the city. The works, focused to the exact moment where the personal history crashes with the city’s history, reflect the timeless impression of the city rather than a finished work.     Pen is sharper than sword | Ready Made | 2013 Untitled | Mixed Media | 2013 Centrifugal force or only…continue reading →
Personal Exhibition: The Measurable Temperature Inside

Personal Exhibition: The Measurable Temperature Inside

In parallel to Cagri Saray’s “Grey Corridor” at the Cité International des Arts, “The Measurable Temperature Inside”, enfold a story of “going back home” through dark passageways. The exhibition explores the concepts of memory, belonging and intimacy and open doors to a space where the measurable temperature is re-defined without degrees, rulers and numbers. Story; about the existence of an observer, and the walls closing into themselves.continue reading →
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