“Sarkis’ installations, of profound humanism, are stagings composed of objects, sculptures, watercolors, photographs, films, created by the artist himself, which are nourished by references to history, philosophy, religions, the arts or geopolitics. » © Narthex
“The French artist is also the founder of the Istanbul Biennale, his hometown (1938), his heart city, his summer city. Sarkis has a completely personal way of using the image, as a poet who knows that the metaphor is worth all the speeches and excludes all the weapons. He demonstrated this magnificently in the attic of the Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire. As in his conceptual and sensitive exhibition in the brand new Arter museum in Istanbul that the Koç family has just inaugurated, as the 16th Istanbul Biennale opened. You just have to see him, surrounded by young artists who listen to him like a philosopher in the agora, to understand his dimension on the Istanbul scene. » © Valérie Duponchelle, 2019
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