Sarkis and 'When attitudes become form
By: interviewer, compiler, Nazlı Gürlek
Contributors: SALT Galata (Institution : Istanbul, Turkey)
Publisher: SALT/Garanti Kültür AȘ
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Istanbul
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
ISBN-13: 9789944731362
Subjects: Interviews; Artists; Biography
Description: "Sarkis and 'When Attitudes Become Form' is an oral history project. Taking as its starting point the exhibition entitled When Attitudes Become Form (Works -- Concepts -- Processes -- Situations -- Information), which was curated by Harald Szeemann and initially held at Kunsthalle Bern between March 22 and April 23, 1969, later at Museum Haus Lange Krefeld (May 9 -- June 15, 1969) and the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London (August 28 -- September 27, 1969), this project features the prominent artistic positions, interactions, differences, and transformations of the period as narrated by Sarkis, one of the participants in the exhibition." Page 3, pdf document.
Notes: The text, was compiled after interviews of Nazlı Gürlek with Sarkis at his studio in Villejuif, Paris on three separate occasions in January 2011 and December 2012, is accompanied by photographs from the personal archive of the artist.--Page 3 pdf document.