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Lale Tara was born in Istanbul in 1957. She studied photography at the New School University and the School of Visual Arts. She published visual diary sevenmonthssevendays (Istanbul: the Robinson Crusoe Publidhing House, 2005). She is known for taking pictures of life-size dolls modeled after herself. She looks these dolls as her ghostly doubles and sets them up in surroundings that include deserted houses, dilapidated churches and an abortion clinic. Ultimately her subject is mute and pliable, and reflects the artist’s desires and commands. Tara has participated in several group exhibitions and international art fairs. Currently she works in Istanbul.
Solo exhibitions:
2006, "Live", Bilsar, Istanbul
2007, "Hello Earth Goodbye", Bilsar, Istanbul
2009, "Doppelganger (RUI)", x-ist, Istanbul
2011, "Innocent Surrogates", Istanbul Museum of Modern Art Photography Gallery, Istanbul
Group exhibitions:
2009, "A Subjective Panorama on Turkish Contemporary Photography", Maison des Métallos, Paris
2009, Contemporary, Istanbul
2010, "Tradition of the New", Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2010, "Between History and Tale: Contemporary Photography", Sakshi Gallery, Taipei
2010, "Neither Here Nor There: Reflections on Cultural Hybridity and Third Space", JAMM (Art & Beyond), London
2011, "Idols and Icons", New Photography from Southeast Asia and the Middle East curated by lola Lenzi, Yavuz Fine Art, Singapore
2012, The Samawi Collection II", Ayyam Gallery, Dubai
2012, After Yesterday", curated by Engin Ozendes, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art Photography Gallery, Istanbul
2012, "The Fiarest One of All", Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo
Fairs:
2009, Contemporary Istanbul, x-ist
2009, ST-ART (14th European Contemporary Art Fair), Strasbourg, x-ist
2010, ART-HK (Hong Kong International Art Fair), x-ist
2010, Contemporary Istanbul, x-ist
2011, ART-HK (Hong Kong International Art Fair), x-ist
2011, Scope Basel, x-ist
2012, VIP Art Fair, online between February 3-8, www.vipartfair.com
2012, Scope Basel, x-ist
2012, Unseen, Amsterdam, x-ist (with Canan)
Reference: laletara.com, artxist.com, artnet.com, cnngo.com, fotografya.gen.tr, Unleashed Contemporary Art from Turkey, (ed. Hossein Amirsadeghi, London: TransGlobe Publishing, 2010), p. 282-283. |
