Nevin Aladağ is known for her works in which she playfully and poetically combines sound, installation, video, performance, patterns and ornaments as well as humour. The exhibition ‘The Rolling Tambourine’ at the Kunstmuseum Magdeburg shows video and textile works by the artist.
n her artistic practice, Nevin Aladağ observes the clash and interaction of cultural elements in material, aesthetic and social terms and translates them into works of art. She poeticises urban space by following its materials and movements or listening to its sounds. In doing so, she opens up a new perspective on everyday objects and social processes. The exhibition invites visitors to experience unexpected connections between music and urbanity, art and society.
In her video installations ‘Jamming’ (2022), ‘Traces’ (2015) and ‘Sessions’ (2013), the artist lets musical instruments such as drums, jingles and tambourines ‘roll’ through various urban landscapes in Berlin, Stuttgart and Sharjah. The musical instruments used in each case explore cross-cultural patterns and commonalities in the locations in different ways.
The series of works ‘Social Fabrics’ (since 2017) also thematises the diverse togetherness. The collages, which are created by fragmenting and reassembling pieces of carpet, examine the mutual influences between different cultures and emphasise what connects them.
Nevin Aladağ, born in 1972 in Van, Turkey, and raised in Stuttgart, studied sculpture with Olaf Metzel at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich until 2000. She became known for her contributions to documenta14 and the 57th Venice Biennale. Her works are represented in renowned international collections and are regularly shown in exhibitions and biennials worldwide. Nevin Aladağ now lives in Berlin. She has been a professor for interdisciplinary artistic work at the Dresden University of Fine Arts since 2019.
