Sarkis

Works by Sarkis — Turkish-French artist working across installation, video, and drawing. Known for his poetic engagement with memory, light, and the archive, Sarkis is a major figure in contemporary European art.

  • Original 1990 Sarkis exhibition invitation card, Ma Chambre de la Rue Krutenau à l'Île San Lazzaro, Venice. Recto reproducing a colour photograph of the neon installation: a luminous biomorphic form suspended against deep black ground, teal glow pooling outward. Printed card, c.15 × 10.5 cm. Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg and CNAC Grenoble, Magasin. Reverse of 1990 Sarkis exhibition invitation card, Ma Chambre de la Rue Krutenau à l'Île San Lazzaro, Venice. Verso showing full institutional text in French: exhibition title, presenting institutions (Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg, Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Magasin), venue (Couvent des Pères Méchitaristes, Île San Lazzaro degli Armeni), opening date 23 May 1990, closing 30 September 1990, and vaporetto departure times from Riva Schiavoni.

    SARKIS — Réserves sans retour, CAPC Bordeaux, 1980

    SARKIS — Réserves sans retour, CAPC Bordeaux, 1980

  • Original 1990 Sarkis exhibition invitation card, Ma Chambre de la Rue Krutenau à l'Île San Lazzaro, Venice. Recto reproducing a colour photograph of the neon installation: a luminous biomorphic form suspended against deep black ground, teal glow pooling outward. Printed card, c.15 × 10.5 cm. Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg and CNAC Grenoble, Magasin. Sarkis exhibition invitation card, Ma Chambre de la Rue Krutenau à l'Île San Lazzaro, Venice. Verso showing full institutional text in French: exhibition title, presenting institutions (Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg, Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Magasin), venue (Couvent des Pères Méchitaristes, Île San Lazzaro degli Armeni), opening date 23 May 1990, closing 30 September 1990, and vaporetto departure times from Riva Schiavoni.

    SARKIS — Ma Chambre de la Rue Krutenau à l’Île San Lazzaro, Venice, 1990

    SARKIS — Ma Chambre de la Rue Krutenau à l’Île San Lazzaro, Venice, 1990