Perpeteia: Viron Erol Vert
Galerist hosts Viron Vert’s, who is among the young talents of Turkish contemporary art, exhibition titled “Peripeteia” from June 3 until July 3, 2010. In the exhibition, the artist’s watercolors, neon works, collages and drawings that he prepared with the inspiration from the Greek originated word “peripeteia” meets with art lovers for the first time.
The artist initially heard this word, while watching a movie, in which the main character was explaining a moment, when a hero of classic Greek drama could not find any solution to a problem, and all his accumulated knowledge was not enough to help him. Therefore, the hero’s only chance was understanding the situation better, and finding new solutions!
Today, the word “peripeteia” is defined as “adventure”. In Greek drama, it is the moment when the story changes its course, and starts to advance in the opposite direction. Vert tells that, he experiences and feels the meaning of this word frequently in his life, and points out the reason behind the exhibition’s name “peripeteia” and the foundation of his works in the exhibition.
In the center of Vert’s works, there are human beings and the question how they are mechanically integrated in the system. How far we are from our roots? Do we learn anything from our history? Why do we act this way? Why do we see the same problems in every country and in all systems? While the artist looks for an answer for these questions, he is also curious about, how can we be so close to our roots and so far away from them simultaneously, in modern society.
Every problem holds its solution within it. The artist tries to find different ways to understand the society that he lives in, just like the hero in the Greek drama. He will carry on, until he finds an answer. Although, the works of Vert in the exhibition looks different from each other, they bear the same hope and wish inside. While they help to understand people and make life easier, they also look for a way to explain the experiences in a new dimension.
About the Artist
Viron Vert, born in 1973, lives and works in Berlin and Istanbul. After he graduated from Berlin FHTW fashion design in 2002, and Antwerp Royal Academy visual arts in 2006, he will be graduating in September from KHB textile design. The artist’s first exhibition was held in Berlin, in 2006, as a part of the event named CADEGIJÖKOMANEPHVI. Vert took part in many group exhibitions in Europe and Istanbul, such as “13 Moons” an Homage to Rainer Werner Fassbinder photography exhibition (2007), 27th İstanbul Contemporary Artists exhibition, Akbank Sanat (2008), “Time Challenges”, Gent (2009) and “There is No Audience” Montehermoso, Vitoia-Gasteiz (2009). Vert won the first prize in the category of paintings and illustration, during the contest that was held by “Paintings and Sculptures Museums Association”, in 2008.
