Studio Osman Akan

with some good memories and site shots!

Easton Pribble Lecture Series Munson Williams Proctor Museum of Art / Auditorium  Friday April 19th, 10:45 - 2:00pm As well as Akan's general art practice; lecture will specifically cover conceptualization and realization of Akan's large public artworks with an emphasis on site specific installations in Remote locations.  This lecture is open to public.

Sublime Porte: Art and Contemporary Turkey (Exhibition and Symposium) EXHIBITION A group exhibition featuring works by: Osman Akan, Burak Arikan, Kezban Batibeki, Nezaket Ekici, Paul Fabozzi, Murat Germen, Peter Hristoff, Gözde İlkin, Michael Marfione, Alex Morel, Arzu Ozkal, Murat Pulat, Gulay Semercioglu, Orkan Telhan and Elif Uras. St. John’s University is honored to present Sublime Porte: Art and Contemporary Turkey, an exhibition which features a broad range of contemporary works by a select group of emerging and internationally acclaimed artists whose works respond to Turkey’s rich cultural diversity. The exhibition addresses issues of race, gender, sexuality, religion and politics as well as broader arguments concerning art, culture and globalization. ON VIEW at Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery/Sun Yat Sen Hall, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY 11439 OPENS: March 14 - May 2, 2013 ARTIST’S RECEPTION: Friday, March 15, 2013, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

I saw a user comment on a photo of one of my last pieces "Fragmenta"as he was referring to nano technology. "Build the visible from invisible !" I thought this was a nice metaphor for what that piece intended...

finally we have some shots of Fragmenta in snow ! Although still early in the season with not much accumulation, we want to share what it looks like in the winter light !

If you got a copy of the Public Art Review / winter issue, look for a nice image of Fragmenta !

Osman Akan's article titled "Fragmenta / making sculptures in a remote location" is published in the Paper tAG 01 magazine. Published during the first design biennial in Istanbul; article comments on art, architecture and design as well as logistics of making permanent artworks in sub-arctic environments. Online version in Turkish is available here: http://www.papertag.net/#Fragmenta