In the 56th Venice Biennial Pavilion of Turkey was the instalment of ‘Respiro’ by Sarkis, who is one of the important contemporary conceptual artists. The Golden Icon, which is one of the six signals of this instalment, was exhibited in the Anarad Hıghutyun Building. Along with the Golden Icon, the artist Ali Kazma’s video Studio (2015), which was inspired by the workshop of Sarkis, was also presented on May 7th in the Hrant Dink Foundation for the first time in Turkey.
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