Limerick, Ireland
Nevin Aladag, Curtain House Limerick, 2009, outdoor installation, 9 curtains (4 x 180x300cm, 4 x 340x300cm, 1 x 350x260cm)

Nevin Aladag

b. 1972, Turkey

By installing her curtains on the outside of some windows of the Hunt Museum, Nevin Aladag creates various contradictions. She uses a device mainly found in a private setting for a public space, inserting something which is supposed to be hung inside a room externally. The Hunt Museum collection was originally a personal and private one, and the suggestion of the domestic context in a public space is appropriate. By installing the curtains, which are slightly oversized, Nevin Aladag creates a surreal setting which negotiates aspects of exposing and hiding.

— AN / YD

(Text: reading the city catalogue, 2009)

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