Breve artículo del crítico de arte Hugo Postma en Alemania sobre art fair istanbul

Os dejo una breve nota de un artículo que ha sacado el crítico de arte
Hugo Postma en Alemania sobre la feria de Estambul.
Está traducido al inglés del alemán, disculpad si hay faltas.

A mi no se me menciona, pero ha sido fallo suyo. Dice que se le olvidó y mandó una mail a Victoria, la galerista pidiendo disculpas porque le pareció  
amazing mi videoinstalación. (menos mal!!!!!)

El resto del articulo es muy interesante, esboza la situación de
Estambul: los museos se financian con dinero privada, el gobierno no
hace nada en absoluto para estimular arte contemporaneo, la censura y
la falta de libertad de expresión, y otras reflexiones...


“This has nothing to do with 2008”

……Swiss video artist Marck, who has come along with his gallery Licht
Feld from Basel, is disappointed. ‘It is good to something in
Istanbul, this is a fantastic city, but what I see here (-on the fair
ed.-) hs noting to whatsoever with 2008, more with the 1980’s’. This
does not bother the Turkish visitors. They are enthousiastic and show
it: they buy a lot, but only at Turkish galleries.
 The handful of foreign galleries has been located in the basement
of the fair-building by the organization. They complain about the
location of their booth, about the organization, about the lack of
information during the preparations of the fair, about not getting
invitation cards for their collectors….But gallery owners always
complain. Is it really so much worse here than elsewhere?
     Gallery owner Maurits van de Laar from The Hague thinks so. He
is the only Dutch gallery here. He has his doubts about the quality of
the art that is shown here. He very much doubts whether he will return
next year. In his booth he shows among others work by Dieter Mammel,
Zeger Reyers and Ed Pien. In a large piece of silk paper (136x182 cm)
Pien has utterly delicately cut out the outlines of a forest, he
virtuosely suggests a tangle of trunks and branches. In the forest
shapes of humans and birds emerge. It is a highlight of technical
skill. The laughing schoolchildren, the high heeled ladies with Dolce
& Gabbana sunglasses on their heads and the corpulent men accompanying
them stroll along without looking at anything. The Spanish gallery
Centre d’Art la Real opposite Van de Laar faces the same problem. La
Real shows striking and cheerful work of videoartist Javi Cadavieco
and brilliant photos by Juan Carlos Rego. Aina Aguilo walks to and fro
in front of her booth inviting visitors to come and have a look, but
in vain. The other foreign galleries have similar experiences and sell
nothing at all.