Exhibition
INCI EVINER - Whitechapel Gallery
Inci Eviner’s film, Harem, 2009 is based on a series of early 19th century engravings by German artist Antoine Ignace Melling, who was invited by Sultan Selim the Third to chronicle the court and city of Constantinople. Eviner replaces the original figures with animations of women performing repetitive, mundane actions. Shown on a continuous loop the film challenges the Western perception of the harem as a place of sexual intrigue and subjugation with an alternative view of it as a place where women are the active.
Start
16 Oct 2009
End
03 Jan 2010
Times
Tues-Sun 11am-6pm, Thurs 11am-9pm
Venue
Whitechapel Gallery
Address
77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX. UK
Phone
Not Specified
Website
www.whitechapelgallery.org
Cost
Free
Posted
27 Oct 2009
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