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| Whenever I Hear The Word 'Culture' by Burak Delier, all rights (c) the artist |
Turkish artist Burak Delier, whose work explores capitalism through art, has been announced as the first to benefit from Iniva's Commissions and Exhibitions Fund. Iniva (the Institute of International Visual Arts) will commission new work from the artist to be exhibited for the first time in the UK in March 2014.
The Iniva Commissions and Exhibitions Fund provides the next generation of artists from around the world with the opportunity to create new work, offering them creative freedom in terms of content and supporting them to take their careers to the next level. The Fund has been established through the proceeds of an auction of works generously donated by artists who were supported by Iniva earlier in their careers. The first works, sold at auction through Sotheby’s in February 2013, were donated by Yinka Shonibare MBE, Mona Hatoum, David Adjaye and Peter Randall-Page.
The Commissions & Exhibitions Fund is a new initiative established by Iniva as part of its work in supporting emerging artists from across the globe. Due to their location, culture or environment, many exciting artists do not always have the opportunity to challenge and discuss the world through their work. This new initiative aims to offer creative freedom, curatorial support and profile so they can take their careers to the next level. Iniva will identify and collaborate with emerging artists each year, commissioning and presenting work in order to bring important new artists to a wider public internationally.
The new commission from Burak Delier, to be shown at Iniva on Rivington Place in London from 26 March – 17 May 2014, will enable him to critique society in a way that is relevant to Turkey and beyond. Delier engages with questions of how artistic and capitalistic forms of production overlap. His practice takes on various media from video to installation and is often produced with others, whether through performances, or by the participants becoming part of his research to produce the artworks themselves.
Delier studied Fine Art at the University of Marmara and the University of Yildiz. He has had solo exhibitions in Istanbul at PILOT and OUTLET, and taken part in group exhibitions across Europe. His work was shown at the Taipei Biennial in 2008 and 2010 and the Istanbul Biennial in 2005 and 2007. Delier lives and works in Istanbul.
Tessa Jackson OBE, Chief Executive of Iniva, says
Founded in 1994, Iniva has become highly respected for seeking out and championing artists from around the world whose work and ideas provide new perspectives on cultural identity and the diversity of society. The organisation was established to present ‘unheard voices’ and provide perspectives on art histories beyond those of Western Europe and America. Today Iniva continues to create exhibitions, education projects, digital initiatives, research and publications that explore global artistic practice. Iniva works nationally and internationally and has been based at Rivington Place, Shoreditch, London, a public building designed by architect David Adjaye OBE, since 2007.
For further information, please contact Truda.spruyt@fourcolmangetty.com or chris.baker@fourcolmangetty.com
All text (c) Four Colman Getty and Iniva
Tessa Jackson OBE, Chief Executive of Iniva, says
We’re delighted to be launching the first Iniva Commissions and Exhibitions Fund artist. It is important artists are given the freedom to question society and this Fund gives them the support and opportunity to do just that. Burak Delier is not only commenting on the Turkish situation, but an economic system upon which so many of our societies are based.Iniva engages with new ideas and emerging debates in the contemporary visual arts, reflecting in particular the cultural diversity of contemporary society. Exploring key issues in society and politics, Iniva offers a platform for artistic experiment, cultural debate and the exchange of ideas. We work with artists, curators, creative producers, educationalists and the public to promote a greater understanding of diversity in a rapidly changing world.
Founded in 1994, Iniva has become highly respected for seeking out and championing artists from around the world whose work and ideas provide new perspectives on cultural identity and the diversity of society. The organisation was established to present ‘unheard voices’ and provide perspectives on art histories beyond those of Western Europe and America. Today Iniva continues to create exhibitions, education projects, digital initiatives, research and publications that explore global artistic practice. Iniva works nationally and internationally and has been based at Rivington Place, Shoreditch, London, a public building designed by architect David Adjaye OBE, since 2007.
Speaking at the launch of the Iniva Commissions and Exhibitions Fund, Chris Dercon, the director of Tate Modern, said,
The reason I got the job at the Tate Modern is simple, it was because of Iniva. Iniva and the history of Iniva created a blueprint for what I have been doing over the past twenty years, and in interviews when I became the director of Tate modern I kept referring to Iniva. The reason is simple. In 1994 Tate hosted a conference called New Internationalism...[organised] by Iniva.
...Iniva is a place for meetings, speaking and a place for encounters… and when [Tessa] calls the artists they come. Then she commissions artists like our friend here from Istanbul, he comes. And [Burak Delier] is going to address this problem of the new London and the new Istanbul, trying to give another perspective because that’s what Iniva has been doing, and only Iniva, since 1994.
For further information, please contact Truda.spruyt@fourcolmangetty.com or chris.baker@fourcolmangetty.com
All text (c) Four Colman Getty and Iniva