Nilbar Güres: Window Commission 2010 at Institute of International Visual Arts

LONDON.- Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) is presenting a new commission by artist Nilbar Güres, for Rivington Place’s front window. This is the first solo presentation of the artist’s work in the UK following her recent inclusion in the 6th Berlin Biennial. Güres, who lives and works between Vienna and Istanbul, produces theatrical tableaux of women, moving between performance and the everyday. Using a range of media including photography, she subverts representations of femininity and cultural identity. ‘Güres declares war on the prevailing relations between the sexes by playful means, her weapons ranging from sewing needles to boxing gloves. In drawings, collages, performances, videos, and photographs she overstates the norms of the majority society, countering them with hybridized enactments of female identity.’ Kolja Reichert, author. For her new commission at Rivington Place the artist sho

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