Lehmann Maupin Gallery

Kutlug Ataman

Biography

Kutlug Ataman studied film at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, graduating with an MFA in 1988 and has pursued a career both as a filmmaker and artist. Ataman has received critical acclaim for his films, which document the lives of marginalized individuals. Ataman’s films examine the way in which we create and rewrite our identities through self-expression and the blurred line between reality and fiction. In 2004 Ataman was short-listed for the Turner Prize at the Tate, and he participated in the Carnegie International at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, where he was awarded its prestigious Carnegie Prize. His recent solo exhibitions include Paradise, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California (2007), De-Regulation With the Work of Kutlug Ataman, MuHKA, Belgium (2006), Kuba, Artangel (2005), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2005), Long Streams, Serpentine Gallery, London and Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Centre, Denmark (2002). Group exhibitions include Moscow Biennial (2007); Without Boundary, Seventeen Ways of Looking, MOMA New York; Documentary Fictions, Caixa Forum, Barcelona (2004); Istanbul Biennial (2003); Testimonies: between Fiction and Reality, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (2003); Witness, Barbican, London (2003); Days Like These, Tate Triennial, Tate Britain (2003); Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany (2002); Berlin Biennial, Germany (2001); 48th Venice Biennale (1999); Manifesta 2, Luxembourg (1998).

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Gallery Exhibitions

Partial Recall - GROUP SHOW  20 July - 25 August 2006
Stefan's Room  2 October - 30 October 2004
Kutlug Ataman  7 December 2002 - 11 January 2003
Never My Soul  6 June - 19 July 2002
New Work - GROUP SHOW  21 June - 31 July 2001
Women Who Wear Wigs  18 January - 28 February 2001

Museum Exhibtions

Herzliya Museum of Art  2 December 2006 - 10 February 2007
MCA Sydney  22 June - 4 September 2005
The Sorting Office, London  22 March - 7 May 2005
Turner Prize Exhibition  20 October - 23 December 2004
Carnegie International  9 October 2004 - 20 March 2005
Athens Contemporary  10 December 2003 - 14 March 2004
Istanbul Biennial  18 September - 16 November 2003
Tate Triennial  26 February - 26 May 2003
Serpentine Gallery, London  11 February - 9 March 2003
Documenta 11  8 June - 15 December 2002

Press

Flash Art - Flash Art - May, 2006
Art Asia Pacific - Art Asia Pacific - February, 2006
Frieze - Frieze - June, 2005
The Times - The Times - March, 2005
Art in America - Art in America - February, 2005
RA Magazine - RA Magazine - December, 2004
New York Times - New York Times - November, 2004
Time Out New York - Time Out New York - October, 2004
New York Times - New York Times - October, 2004
Art Journal - Art Journal - April, 2004
Art in America - Art in America - April, 2003
Artforum - Artforum - February, 2003
ArtReview - ArtReview - February, 2003
The Economist - The Economist - January, 2003
Time Out New York - Time Out New York - January, 2003
Tema Celeste - Tema Celeste - September, 2002
New York Times - New York Times - July, 2002
New York Times - New York Times - February, 2001

Publications

Kutlug Ataman - Kuba
Kutlug Ataman - Long Streams
Kutlug Ataman - Perfect Strangers
Kutlug Ataman - A Rose Blooms in the Garden of Sorrows

Selected Works

Turkish Delight, 2006 single-channel video projection approximately 71 inches (180 cm) high Edition of 5 LM10429


Kuba, 2004 40 DVDs 40 monitor video installation Edition of 5 LM7861


Cinderella and the Virgin, 2004 two-channel video variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM8169


Fool, 2004 DVD, household TV variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM8171


Stefan's Room, 2004 5 DVDs five-screen video installation with variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM7855


Twelve, 2003 6 DVDs, each approximately 45 minutes six-screen video installation with variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM6623


Nothing, 2003 DVD variable dimensions Edition of 6 LM7169


The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read, 2002 4 DVDs, each approximately 1 hour four-screen video installation with variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM3417


99 Names, 2002 5 DVDs five-screen video installation with variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM6190


It's a vicious circle, 2002 DVD, 60 minutes multi-screen video installation Edition of 5 LM6327


1+1=1, 2002 2 DVDs, each approximately 50 minutes two- screen video installation with variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM6181


kutlug ataman's semiha b. unplugged, 1997 single-screen video installation, approximately 8 hours variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM3289


Never My Soul, 2001 single-screen video installation, approximately 3 hours variable dimensions (approximately 4 x 8 meters) Edition of 5 LM3208


Martin Is Asleep, 1999 DVD, dollhouse bed, projector variable dimensions LM3294

Artist Video

Turkish Delight, 2006 single-channel video projection projection approximately 109 inches (277 cm) high Edition of 5


Stefan's Room, 2004 five-screen video installation with variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM7855 Installation at Lehmann Maupin 2 October - 30 October 2004


Stefan's Room, 2004 5 DVDs five-screen video installation with variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM7850


Hero, 2004 DVD, household TV variable dimensions Edition of 8 LM8170


kutlug ataman's semiha b. unplugged, 1997 single-screen video installation, approximately 8 hours variable dimensions Edition of 5 LM3288


It's a vicious circle, 2002 single- or multi-screen video installation Edition of 5 LM6327


Never My Soul, 2001 six-screen video installation or single-screen video installation, approximately 3 hours variable dimensions (approximately 4 x 8 meters) Edition of 5 LM3209


KUTLUG ATAMAN World (no. 1), 2003 single-channel video on DVD dimensions variable, looped Edition 4 of 6 Produced by The Institute for the Readjustment of Clocks, Istanbul LM7196


KUTLUG ATAMAN World (no. 2), 2003 single-channel video on DVD dimensions variable, looped Edition of 6 Produced by The Institute for the Readjustment of Clocks, Istanbul LM7204