SALON ISTANBUL

NILBAR GÜRES

Soyunma (Undressing) | TR/AT 2006 | 6’19’’

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The artist emerges from beneath many suffocating layers of colorful scarves, unwrapping them one at a time as she recites the names of the friends and family members who provided them. Her act is suspenseful and more than a little seductive, with a dramatic pause before the final piece of fabric is shed. – New York Times

As persons living in Europe, often with foreign nationalities, these women, as well as myself, with or without a headscarf, represent neither Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan nor any other country or Islam itself. Even so, they often serve as targets. The majority of Muslim women living in Europe, with or without a headscarf, first and foremost, represent their individual selves and not religious or nationalist ideas. – Nilbar Güres

Nilbar Güres was born in 1977 in Istanbul. She has a Bachelor's degree in Painting from the Faculty of Arts, Marmara University in Istanbul, and a Master's degree in Painting & Graphics from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. She is author of numerous projects dealing with the socio-political issues in Vienna and Istanbul and across Europe.

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