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In her second solo exhibition entitled “Where Do You Stand?” to be held between January 24 –
March 1, 2020 at SANATORIUM, Gizem Akkoyunoğlu treats the subject “purgatory” in which man
has been being conceptually lost inside from past to present. The exhibition consisting of segments
which render the human self unique aims at creating a space of confrontation with timeless
elements that do not carry any geographical data.
Inspired by Casper David Friedrich’s work “The Abbey in the Oakwood”, Akkoyunoğlu creates her
work featuring three dogs, reminiscent of the three-headed dog Cerberus which stand in …