Mahsum ÇİÇEK
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- September 28, 2026
Mahsum Çiçek: He has been working as an art critic and writer since 2010. Alongside regularly contributing to arts platforms such as Birikim Güncel, Sanatatak, Unlimitedrag, Kitap24, Argonotlar and Zarema, he has written for various magazines and newspapers, as well as catalogues and exhibitions. He played an active role in publishing Kovara Wenda, a Kurdish-language literary and cultural periodical, and contributed short stories and essays in Kurdish to the same magazine. He continues to work independently as a curator and art consultant. Together with Fatih Tan, he published the monographs Walid Siti: Babil’in Gölgesinde Dağların Peşinde and Mahmut Celayir: Gölgenin İzinde as part of the avestART series at Avesta Publishing.
Writings
6 pieces
THE LABOR BEHIND THE IMAGE: HITO STEYERL’S MECHANICAL KURDS
How is the human labor behind artificial intelligence exploited? Drawing on Hito Steyerl's video Mechanical Kurds, Mahsum Çiçek places digital micro-labor within a philosophical framework. Drawing from Hegel's and Marx's analyses of abstrac...
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EXHIBITIONS EROTICISM, VIOLENCE, AND THE BODY'S REGIME OF REPRESENTATION
In Kahraman’s paintings, the conventional relationship between beauty and elegance, harmony, and aesthetic pleasure is transformed...
EXHIBITIONS THE BODY'S SURFACE: MEMORY, CULTURE, AND WAYS OF SEEING IN HAYV KAHRAMAN'S PAINTINGS
. Within this field, the figure emerges as a carrier of historical experience, cultural transmission, and ecological interconnecte...
EXHIBITIONS FROM SURFACE TO SYSTEM: THE AESTHETICS OF ORGANIZATION IN ÖMER MiRDEMiR'S PAINTINGS
In his work, Ömer Mirdemir approaches the surface as a dynamic structure through which relationships, connections, and modes of or...
VENUES EXILE, LOSS, AND THE UNATTAINABLE WOMAN IN HINER SALEEM'S NARRATIVE
Hiner Saleem’s biographical novel, My Ashes, Golda and Others (Küllerim Golda ve Diğerleri), has been published in Turkish by Aves...
EXHIBITIONS HIWA K: YOU WON'T FEEL A THING
Hiwa K: If You Won't Feel Anything, You Will Feel a Lot