A new exhibition of CSU professor Mark Slankard'sphotographs, “Toplu: Landscapes of New Turkish Suburbia.” Opening on Friday, August 28 at Cleveland State University Art Gallery.
Toplu is Turkish for a collective or tidy and neat. This is an ongoing series of images of new residential developments on the outskirts of Istanbul and Ankara. Mark writes "many of the mass-residences in the photographs are still under construction - plopped down into empty fields at an astonishing pace."
The show opens with an artist's talk at 4pm on Friday August 28th.
not only are the images perfectly done (that Mark!) but the subject matter is so compelling! I had no idea Turkey was so interesting right now. I intend to go back for another look before it closes, really is fascinating, this awkward suburbinization.
and also worth the trip in the adjacent gallery - Scenes Unseen; Paintings and drawings by Ohio artist Harry Melroy. Check out their website for a small glimpse of his work, though it definitely does not do it justice - super yummy deliciousness! the colorwork takes me away - amazing and meticulous!
great show -
not only are the images perfectly done (that Mark!) but the subject matter is so compelling! I had no idea Turkey was so interesting right now. I intend to go back for another look before it closes, really is fascinating, this awkward suburbinization.
and also worth the trip in the adjacent gallery - Scenes Unseen; Paintings and drawings by Ohio artist Harry Melroy. Check out their website for a small glimpse of his work, though it definitely does not do it justice - super yummy deliciousness! the colorwork takes me away - amazing and meticulous!