Von Lintel Gallery | Los Angeles
Sarp Kerem Yavuz
Sarp Kerem Yavuz Polaroids from the Ottoman Empire
Sarp Kerem Yavuz
The works of Sarp Kerem Yavuz reclaim Orientalist imagery and bring the visual legacy of the Middle East into the present. Born in Paris in 1991 and raised in Istanbul, his works explore gender, politics, religion, and violence. Utilizing a variety of photographic mediums, most recently AI-generated Polaroids, he creates visually provocative works of art in pursuit of peaceful coexistence.
Yavuz currently lives and works between New York and Istanbul. In 2013, he became the youngest artist to exhibit and be included in the permanent collection of the Istanbul Modern Museum in Turkey. His artworks are also included in the collections of the CICA Museum, South Korea; Norton Museum of Art, Florida; the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Ohio; the Transformer Station, Ohio; and numerous public collections including The Luciano Benetton Collection; the JP Morgan Chase Collection and the Polaroid (Impossible Project) Collection in Berlin.