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Bruce Silverstein Gallery is pleased to present Edifice as Artifact, an exhibition focusing on the monumental, large-scale color photographs of Turkish artist Ahmet Ertuğ. A trained architect and a lifelong photographer of architectural heritage, Ertuğ has identified and masterfully documented the interiors of civilization’s most exemplary structures since he began in the early 1970s. From Unesco World Heritage Sites, vaulting places of worship, and opulent palazzos, to staid university libraries, magnificent theaters, and classically styled banks, Ertuğ’s formalist photographs have explored …