Focusing on historical and artisanal photographic techniques, the 1851.gallery opens its doors presenting platinum palladium prints d’Avni Lifiuseminent Turkish painter of the generation of 1914.
A selection of 36 glass negatives held 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 consists of photographs taken by Avni Lifij in Istanbul and Ankara during the first quarter of the 20th century. Documenting the living and working conditions of artists known as the “Generation
1914,” featuring portraits of her family members and skillfully staged self-portraits, these works explore unknown details of Lifij’s life through the immediate reality of her 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 investigation: 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 Türkiye
www.1851.gallery
