MY SECOND DATE WITH ANDY WARHOL / ANDY WARHOL İLE İKİNCİ BULUŞMA

Bazılarınızın bildiği üzere şuanda Pera Müzesi'nde Andy Warhol sergisi devam ediyor. Ben de bir Andy Warhol sever olarak bu sergiyi tabii ki de kaçırmadım (!) İkinci buluşmam Warhol ile çünkü daha önce kendisinin balmumundan heykelini Londra'da bulunan Madame Tussauds Müzesi'nde görmüştüm, birtakım pop-art eserleri ile.. 20.yy yılın en ilham veren "artist"lerinden olan Warhol'un kendisi de adeta bir sanat eseri zaten. Her ne kadar kendinden önce de pop-art'çılar olsa da kimse onun kadar adını sanat camiasında duyuramadı. Warhol'un kapitalizmi algılayışı; kızılderililer, nesli tükenmiş hayvanlar gibi konulara pop-art'ı ile parmak basması ve pop-art'ı kullanışı  aslında hep garantiye aldığımız şeylere kafa tutuyor diye düşünüyorum. Ben de bu temeli sarsma mücadelesini çok seviyorum. 

İşte sergiden birkaç resim ile Warhol ve bugün ne giymişim ;)

Nowadays in the city, in Istanbul one of the most fabulous and cool things to do is most probably the Andy Warhol exhibition. I was always a fan of his work since he was one of the influential names of 20th century art scene with Picasso, Matisse and Dali. I have seen Warhol when I visited Madame Tussauds Museum in London with a limited work of his pop-art. 

Andy Warhol was a succesful project since he, himself is considered to be an art project itself in terms of his journey to create his image. This is one of the reasons why, Warhol was very influential in pop-art scene and made a name for himself and he became a rising star within contemporary pop-artists. 

What I like about his work is his perception of capitalism; also cares about things like the endangered species, Native Americans and lastly he uses pop-art in a way that it challenges what we've taken for granted. 

I like his effort to do something groundbreaking within the capitalist system.

Some pictures of the exhibition and my look for today ;)

Wearing

ZARA Jean & T-Shirt

TOMS 

Marc by Marc Jacobs Backpack

Balenciaga sunnies

Accessories from Taksim bazaars and various places

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ISTANCOOL FESTIVAL

Bu günü uzun zamandır bekliyordum ve sonunda ISTANCOOL !!! (cidden çok cool'du, ismini hak ediyor ;) ). Ben her ne kadar Waris Ahluwalia için gitmiş olsam da diğer katılımcılar da süperdi ! Hepsinden değerlerimizin, tarihimizin, kültürümüzün ve zanaatkarlığın ne kadar önemli olduğunu öğrendim. Geçmişi Ahluwalia'nın da söylediği gibi bir rehber olarak kullanıp geleceğe bakmak bizi biz yapan şey aslında... Bugün aldığım mesajlar benim kişisel gelişimimde büyük bir rol oynayacak gibi görünüyor.. 

Herkese harika bir hafta diliyorum !

I have been waiting for this moment for months, ISTANCOOL was finally here and its so sad that its over :( As the name suggests the festival was really cool :) Anyways today's organization make me think about what we have taken in this world and it was really fun doing it with the panel participants. The most impactful person among the crowd for me was Waris Ahluwalia... He truly appriciate his heritage, history and craftmanship and also he enmeshes all this past into "now", our modern days. I really like his vision and fusion of past/ tradition/values and present/ modern./cosmopolitanism/multiculturalism/globalisation. As he said what makes us "us" is that taking past as a guideline and look into the future... The messages I got from the panelists were very valuable for me and it looks like I'll be contemplating a lot this week. 

I hope you have a wonderful week ;)

My ISTANCOOL style, black is always the new black ;)

Me and the lazy cat in front of our house below, irrelevant I know but part of today :)

Wearing:

Mango shirt,

H&M lace shorts

Birkenstock sandals

Marc by Marc Jacobs bag

Balenciaga shades

Accessories from Agatha Paris, Kismet by Milka and Bodrum, Turkey.

In the ISTANCOOL fest, cool stuff around :) 

OMG moment below, Carine Roitfeld signed book in the Vakko Fashion Center library.

Panel 1: Discussion of craftsmanship in fashion. Dice Kayek, Waris Ahluwalia and Ottoman art historian Serdar Gülgün (below)

Panel 2: The role of a fashion curator in today’s fashion world (from right to left) Pamela Golbin and Armand Limnander, joined by Goga Ashkenazi (creative director of Vionnet).

Panel 3. Fashion as art discussed by Hussein Chalayan, Armand Limnander and Pamela Golbin (below)

 The peak moment for me is a pic with Waris Ahluwalia :) 

Looking forward to the next ISTANCOOL :)

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