DANCING WITH WITCHES

Curator: Mine Kaplangı

Artists: Roger Ackling, Robert Sargent Austin, Sir Peter Blake, William Blake, Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, Fatma Bucak, Canan, Istanbul Queer Art Collective, Alan Davie, Anya Gallaccio, Nilbar Güreş, Aubrey Hammond, Gözde İlkin, Michael Landy, David Nash, Grayson Perry, Paula Rego, Erinç Seymen, Madame Yevonde, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Pınar Yolaçan

ARE YOU READY FOR A MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY ACROSS FOUR ROOMS?

Myths

and Stories

Sir Peter Blake
William Blake
Fatma Bucak
CANAN
Paula Rego

‘Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.’ Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own This part is dedicated to all of the stories, novels, and fairy tales that make you wonder what is behind the door, and the rhymes that you can hear from a distance if you listen carefully when walking in the woods at night.

Rituals

and Symbols

Roger Ackling
Fatma Bucak
Alan Davie
Nilbar Güreş
Aubrey Hammond
İstanbul Queer Art Collective
Erinç Seymen

Magic circles, witch’s marks on trees, mirrors, dancing around the fire and many more… This section is dedicated to the importance of repetition and the power of rituals as a recall when it comes to the ones that are near/almost forgotten.

Familiars

and Nature

Anya Gallaccio
Gözde İlkin
Michael Landy
David Nash
Madame Yevonde

What happens when we listen to the sound of the woods, dive into the woods and work together with nature? This section is dedicated to the night keepers of all jungles, forests, and woods. *Named as familiar spirits in some sources and seen as nature's guides, familiars is a name given to the supernatural entities believed to help and guide witches and usually taking the forms of different animals (the most commonly known is the black cat) or even plants.

Portraits

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
Grayson Perry
Madame Yevonde
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Pınar Yolaçan

This section showcases different portraits of women from different periods of time carrying many spells and secrets, boiling pots for different knots.

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Myths

and Stories

Rituals

and Symbols

Familiars

and Nature

Portraits