Mehmet & Kazim
Subtitle: le peep-show
By: herausgegeben von Hannah Eckstein ; Texte von Mehmet Akal, Kazim Akal, Hannah Eckstein, Henning Strassburger
Contributors: Akal, Kazim, 1981- artist, writer of supplementary textual content; Eckstein, Hannah, 1987- editor, writer of supplementary textual content; Strassburger, Henning, 1983- writer of supplementary textual content; Kunstverein Friedrichshafen
Publisher: Verlag für moderne Kunst
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Wien
Language: ger
Number of pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9783903796928
Subjects: Exhibitions; Watercolor painting; Mehmet & Kazim (Artistic duo)
Other titles: Peep-show
Description: "No Artistas is part of our iconography and appears repeatedly in the pictures. Sometimes as 'No Art,' 'No Artists' or also as 'No Artistas,' primarily on the shirts of the Kissing Cousins. The whole thing arose out of a critical response to a narrow-minded conception of art. As always, we react with humor and don't take ourselves too seriously."(Mehmet & Kazim) - At the heart of these stagings is the representation of the familial connection through their alter ego, the Kissing Cousins, whose multifaceted depictions and translations belong to the established repertoire of figures that can appear onscreen as animated clay figures in video works or also in the form of Mehmet and Kazim themselves, clothed in red Adidas sweatsuits and Superstar shoes. The artist duo repeatedly draw the viewer into their red-and-white world, which is closely connected with their artistic biographies as the children of Turkish guest workers in Germany. The cousins share the name Akal which, translated from Turkish, means "white and red." -- (provided by publisher)
Notes: Title from cover.

Text in English and German.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, December 17, 2020-February 28, 2021.