Nasan Tur

Nasan Tur explores the political and social conditions that define our times. His works are experimental arrangements that draw attention to ideologies, social norms and behavioural codes and expand our options for individual action. To this end, he examines statements, gestures and images found in the media or in the public space and distils them into miniatures reflecting current social crises and discourse. In particular he asks how we are influenced by established role models and what drives us, in the light of oppression, powerlessness and manipulation, to break out from these boundaries and change the social paradigm.

Biography

Nasan Tur (*1974 in Offenbach) lives and works in Berlin. He has shown at events such as documenta14, the 10th Istanbul Biennial and the 6th Taipei Biennial and at many institutions, including the Palais de Tokyo, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin and Maxxi Museum in Rome. In 2012 he was awarded the Will Grohmann Prize by the Academy of Arts in Berlin and in 2014 he held a residency at the Villa Massimo in Rome.