Nevin Aladag






















![<i>Pattern Kinship [Musterverwandtschaft]</i>,
2016<br />
Aluminium,
190 x 130 cm<br />
Pattern Kinship [Musterverwandtschaft] showcases a diverse landscape of ornaments and patterns, which intentionally were used in different cultures as Venetian blinds to secure intimacy and privacy. As objects in space, detached of their original setting, they become exceptional/new elements of form, questioning human practices of protecting the private sphere. Aladağ has continuously worked on notion of social (in-)visibility and undermined a predetermined gaze on what is conceived as oriental and what is regarded as western. Her new series offers a juxtaposition of architectural forms that in reality could not have met, being from different geographical origins and from various times. Yet, as in her earlier „Pattern Matching“ series it is precisely and only in her works that a historically impossible blend of divers styles and forms generates a unique new hybrid.](https://wentrupgallery.com/media/pages/artists/nevin-aladag/works/3453119623-1552671937/na-s-69-a-500x.jpg)




















































![<i>Läufer [Rug] (serial)</i>,
2014<br />
Carpet,
67 x 2000 cm<br />
Installation view Art Space Pythagorion, Pythagóreio, Samos, Greece, 2014 (Photo by Stathis Mamalakis)](https://wentrupgallery.com/media/pages/artists/nevin-aladag/works/3825828464-1552671936/36-500x.jpg)




Performance, “Abwehr Performance - Festival”, Berlin, Germany, 2007, 5:42 min
Four female dancers move, each one for herself, to songs that cannot be heard by the viewer. With their stiletto heels they appear to tear up the tar covered rooftop; the electronically amplified sound of these charged dance steps create a new wild hearing experience, which in turn unites the isolated movement of the dancers. The performance takes place on a former border section between West and East Berlin; this roof served as a patrol route for GDR border soldiers and was heavily guarded. (excerpt from the text by Anke Hoffmann). ">























![<i>Familie Tezcan [The Tezcan Family]</i>, 2001<br />
Video,
6:40 min<br />](https://wentrupgallery.com/media/pages/artists/nevin-aladag/works/246367314-1552671953/familie-tezcan-all-500x.jpg)