24 January 2008 – 16 March 2008

Mahrem

The exhibition focuses on the elaboration of the Islamic practices of veiling which revealed to be a central issue in understanding the changing self-presentation of Muslim women and the tensions it engenders with secular public spheres. In spite of the differences in political contexts, the Islamic veiling today crystallizes a myriad of new tensions between religion and secularism; piety and politics; feminism and Islamism. It is a reminder of a personal, embodied practice; but it is also a symbol communicated to others in public realm.

The exhibition took place between 17 October – 21 November 2007 at
santralistanbul, Bilgi University in Istanbul.

Curator: Emre Baykal
Curator Kunsthalle Wien: Angela Stief

Participating artists:
Kutlug Ataman (Türkei), Samer Barkaoui (Syrien), Samta Benyahia (Algerien/
Frankreich), Nezaket Ekici (Türkei/Deutschland), Shahram Entekhabi (Iran/
Deutschland), Bruna Esposito (Italien), Parastou Forouhar (Iran/Deutschland),
Shadi Ghadirian (Iran), Mandana Moghaddam (Iran/Schweden)

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