Focusing on historic and artisanal photographic techniques, 1851.gallery opens its doors with platinum palladium prints by Avni Lifij, a prominent Turkish painter of the 1914 generation.
A selection of 36 glass negatives preserved in the family collection were produced by Studio 1851 over a period of six months using the platinum palladium printing process, and will be revealed more than a century after they were taken.
Curated by Dr. Necmi Sonnez, the exhibition features photographs taken by Avni Lifij in Istanbul and Ankara during the first quarter of the 20th century. Documenting the living and working conditions of the artists known as the “1914 generation”, featuring portraits of family members and skilfully staged self-portraits, these works explore unknown details of Lifij’s life through the immediate reality of his masterfully executed photographs.
The exhibition places Avni Lifij, a pioneering member of the generation of painter- photographers and promoter of modernism, at the center of a vast inquiry: did Lifij make these photographs as a tool or as a goal of this art?
Avni Lifij : “Sorry to say but art is not a Kodak photograph”
Until January 18, 2205
1851.gallery
Edin & Suner Plaza 3A
Meydan Sokak No.14 Akatlar
İstanbul 34335 Turkey
www.1851.gallery
