The exhibition “Grief and Pleasure” is now at OMM.
Focusing on all the mechanisms that simultaneously enable human emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, disgust, contempt and shame, as well as contradictory states such as grief and pleasure, the exhibition brings together works from various media including painting, photography, sculpture, video and installation. The exhibition will be on display until 30 July 2023.
In Conversation: Murat Akagündüz
We talked to Murat Akagündüz about our indirect relationship with nature, and Greta Thunberg as the "prophet of our age".
In Conversation: Sergen Şehitoğlu
We talked to Sergen Şehitoğlu about the graveyard for planes and the search for order at the center of human activity.
European Museum Awards 2021
OMM was awarded a Special Commendation in the “European Museum of the Year Awards 2021.”
In Conversation: Nazan Azeri
We talked with Nazan Azeri about seeds growing on the body, and ancient knowledge at the heart of contemporary experiences.
In Conversation: Ali Kazma
Ali Kazma on the seeds waiting for the end of the world and the protective role of art.
In Conversation: Lara Ögel
Lara Ögel on the cycles of life and "learning to die".
In Conversation: Alper Aydın
The artist on the history of land art and "humanity as a biological part of nature".
In Conversation: Fırat Engin
Fırat Engin on "Purification," consumerist lifestyles, and the uncertainty of the future.
In Conversation: Elmas Deniz
On “not to be sold common resources”, the human-nature relationship, and antique Irish laces.