Writers

Kumru Eren

DR. KUMRU EREN
Manager of Borusan Contemporary

Dr. Kumru Eren has consulted for national and international collections and institutions with a focus on development in the field of cultural heritage and collection management. Previously, she worked as the Baksı Platform Coordinator for Baksı Culture and Art Foundation. She taught the course “Critical Art Theories” at the Marmara University for a while. She has contributed to exhibition catalogues and artist monographs. Her articles, critical texts, and impressions have been published in ICE, Istanbul Art News, Artam, Varlık, Hürriyet Kitap Sanat, Hürriyet Seyahat. She has received her PhD with her dissertation on the phenomenon of “Globalization in Contemporary Art in Turkey”, considered within the framework of Jean-Luc Nancy’s work. She is a member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics). She is currently in charge of the the management of Borusan Contemporary.

POSTS BY THE WRITER

The City Within Me

26 October 2024 Sat

* This piece was originally published in Doug Aitken: Naked City catalogue, which accompanies the exhibition under the same title.

KUMRU EREN, D.A.
August 2024

From Melancholy to the Decadence of Climate: Arrhythmia

27 October 2023 Fri

Kumru Eren analyzes Mat Collishaw's works in the exhibition "Arrhythmia" in the context of philosophical research focusing on the concept of melancholy.

*An Homage to Yves Klein
from object to hyperobject: leaving behind a trace in the void

8 November 2020 Sun

In the 1960s, when photoshop and digital photo manipulation techniques were not yet available as readily, the iconic Le Saut dans le Vide [Leap into the Void] performance was etched into our memories by Yves Klein.

Companion of The Time: Contemporary

10 September 2020 Thu

Time for individuals is lighter and more volatile than for institutions. I spent the past six months trying to remotely get to know Borusan, to which I had become a member just before the pandemic. Although the intervening physical distance seemed like a problem with working from home, it was also an opportunity for seeing the picture crystal clear just as any frame that becomes definite with distance.

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