One Potsdamerstraße-based establishment that’s lingered on our minds since the Gallery Weekend dust has settled is Berlinartprojects. Founded in 2006, the gallery’s curatorial program, led by Marie DuPasquier, showcases emerging and established artists across the full spectrum of disciplines, and is framed by dialogue and exchange between Turkey and Germany. This Saturday (27.5.17) sees the opening of emerging Turkish artist Buğra Erol’s first solo show, “Mind Your Wishes”. In a series of drawings sketched whilst traveling and canvases meticulously painted in the depths of last winter in Berlin, Erol represents the universes of his mind, tightly intertwining the personal with the political. Painstakingly detailed and laden with symbolism, the works evoke a sense of restlessness, alluding to journeys both physical and emotional — some completed and others not yet taken. Together, they leave us intrigued to see the directions in which both artist and gallery are headed. (Text: Anna Dorothea Ker / Photos: Buğra Erol / Berlinartprojects)
Berlinartprojects, Potsdamer Str.61, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten; map
Buğra Erol “Mind Your Wishes”, opening 27.5.17, 18h, Facebook event. Runs until 8.7.17, Tues-Sat 11-18h
