"The Political Is Personal
By David Spalding
Published: October 13, 2009
ISTANBUL— Just when I had decided that biennials were too overblown in scale to comprehend, too filled with the usual suspects to surprise, and too centered on entertainment and cultural tourism to warrant the trip, the 11th Istanbul Biennial proved me wrong. Here was a moderately sized, international exhibition that addresses a spectrum of difficult political and economic realities while activating the imagination, bringing together the work of 73 artists and collaborative groups whose names are, for the most part, unfamiliar on the biennial circuit."
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