Democratic Luxury / Demokratik Lüks

Rampa Istanbul presents the first posthumous gallery show of Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin on September 2 on the occasion of the 14th Istanbul Biennial. The exhibition brings together over 45 works produced during the two decades on either side of the new millennium, including a selection of studies, drawings and notes from the Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin archive.

In 2007, he represented Turkey in the 52nd Venice Biennial with his installation Don’t Complain.

Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin in Venice 2007, one of his last interviews about his work before he died on December 31, 2007

The exhibition at Rampa Istanbul will also consider his collaborative initiatives with other artists, such as the Bunker Research Group (BRG) or the Sea Elephant Travel Agency, which aspired to organize a “floating laboratory” for artists and thinkers to circumnavigate the Black Sea, developing critical discussions and artistic exchange while tracing the route taken by the protagonist in Jules Verne’s novel Kéraban the Inflexible (1883).

“Democratic Luxury” is set to run until Nov. 14 at Rampa Istanbul.