- Introducing the artists
- David Batchelor
- Christian Boltanski
- Adam Chodzko
- Nathan Coley
- Tacita Dean
- Jeremy Deller
- Mark Dion
- Tracey Emin
- Ayse Erkmen
- Sejla Kameric
- Robert Kusmirowski
- Langlands & Bell
- Kaffe Matthews
- Heather & Ivan Morison
- Nils Norman with Gavin Wade mit Simon & Tom Bloor
- Susan Philipsz
- public works
- Patrick Tuttofuoco
- Mark Wallinger
- Richard Wentworth
- Pae White
- Richard Wilson
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Entangled, 2008. Photograph © Thierry Bal
Title: Entangled
Location: Martello Tower 3, East Cliff
Folkestone is home to seven Martello Towers dating back to the Napoleonic Wars. Martello 3, in the East of town, is a fairly well kept tower, painted white, and up to 2001, was used as a visitor centre by the council. In contrast, Martello 4 in the West of Folkestone is more of a ruin and completely taken over by a massive layer of ivy that has embedded itself into the 13 ft deep walls. Erkmen emulates the ivy cover of Martello 4 at Martello 3 (in what the artist calls ‘a jealousy project’), with a malleable, plastic floral form created by designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. 15,000 of these plastic ‘ivy’ units joined together similar to Lego, now shroud the exterior of Martello 3 like a giant curtain or blanket. The camouflage colours refer to the tower’s wartime history.
Translated text about each of the artworks into French, Turkish and Slovak can be found on the events page or from the visitor centre
About Ayse
Photo: Emre Erkmen
Born Istanbul. Lives and works in Berlin and Istanbul.
Ayse Erkmen's spectacular public projects and subtle architectural interventions engage with the architectural, historical, and cultural context of the site she is working with
Recent solo exhibitions include
Habenichts, Galerie Barbara Weiss – Berlin 2007
Scenic Overlooks, Galerist – Istanbul 2005
Under the Roof, IKON – Birmingham 2005
Busy Colors, Sculpture Centre – New York 2005
Recent group exhibitions include
Beyond the Wall, Berlin Freeport of the Arts – Germany 2007
Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial – Japan 2006
Eindhoven Istanbul, Van Abbemuseum – Eindhoven 2005
Who is singing over there?, National Gallery – Sarajevo 2004
Ayse will be having a solo exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin in 2008
See Ayse Erkmen's work
www.galeriebarbaraweiss.de