Nasan Tur (*1974) explores the political and social conditions of our time. His works are
experiments that bring to light ideologies social norms and behavioral codes and open up new
possibilities for individual action. To this end the artist examines statements gestures and
images that he finds in the media and in the public sphere. Tur transforms them into miniatures
of current social crises and discourses. The question of how predetermined role models
influence us is at the heart of his art: he investigates what drives us to cross boundaries
when faced with oppression powerlessness and manipulation and to actively change the social
order. The catalog is published to accompany the exhibition at Berlinische Galerie and presents
new works addressing questions of power and its legitimacy. Why do human beings kill each
other? What is the nature of the violence that we witness in ourselves and how and under what
circumstances is it triggered? By arranging his works in a specific way Tur creates images
that express an ambivalent attitude towards death and life. The artist confronts us with our
inner demons asks hunters about the act of killing and carefully arranges lifeless animals in
the exhibition space.
