The Functionality of Art Galleries as Meeting Places in Tehran (original) (raw)
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2018
In Tehran, the capital of Iran, billboards bear two parallel responsibilities with, of course, different directions. Some of them have commercial functions, while others transmit moral messages and religious and political slogans. In the spring of 2015, billboards in Tehran suddenly transmitted a new message. A new urban project, called "A City-wide Art Gallery", converted Tehran into a gallery using billboards. For many people, this was "a city-wide coincidence". This was the first time that the municipality of Tehran allocated billboards to a topic that followed neither a commercial nor an ideological purpose. The change that the project brought about in the city's landscape has sparked debates among citizens and experts. The present study investigates the relationship of citizens with the images displayed in this project and compares this urban-scaled movement to people's reference to art galleries and museums. Data for this study are collected using questionnaires and interviews.
Art Gallery Visitors’ Motivations
Informacijos mokslai
The article discusses the motivational factors of visual art institution consumers. Analysis includes Falk’s identity-related theory of motivation for visiting art institutions that discusses how visitors’ experience begins before visiting a museum and is focused on the consumer’s attitude (identity) validation. Consumers’ motivation to visit an art institution depends on not only the proposals provided by the institution and their value to the consumer, but also on accessibility, the environment, and the personnel’s communication. The article introduces the motivations, expectations of consumers of the services provided by Kaunas Picture Gallery as well as evaluation of the services and infrastructure provided by the organisation obtained during study Visitors’ Expectations in Visual Art Institutions.
Artistic research on two galleries in the periphery of the art world
Research in Arts and Education
This research paper focuses on examining art activities at two small sites in Estonia. The purpose is to identify in which matters the art world can be useful for local communities. Amandus Adamson's Studio Museum Gallery is located in Paldiski and Haapsalu City Gallery and Jaani Gallery are located in Haapsalu. While Haapsalu is a bit bigger town than Paldiski, Haapsalu City Gallery tends to be more at the center of attention than A. Adamson's Studio Museum Gallery is. This is because Haapsalu City Gallery is a space where numerous artist activities have happened over time whereas A. Adamson's Studio Museum has been presented only a few summer activities. This paper will reflect on artists' experiences in both towns. Three art projects were made lately in these institutions, which show the boundaries between artists and people from small towns. The aim is to find out whether the concept on which one has to work affects local people. Research would be particularly applicable for attending to local problematics such as undesirable living spaces or people worrying because of prioritized industry in town. Bio Rait Rosin earned both a BA (2005) and a MA (2007) in painting from the Estonian Academy of Arts, and an additional MA (2013) in Philosophy from Tallinn University. Since 2015, he has been completing a PhD at the Estonian Academy of Arts in the Art and Design study program. His research pertains to issues that relate to social norms and the ways in which artists, together as one certain part of society, are able to access shared but distant collective norms, and how these norms are shaping individual artists and their subjectivity in the contemporary art scene.
Inhabiting the Space of Exhibition
Switch on Paper, 2020
This article was first published on SWITCH ON PAPER on 06 November 2020 as part of a series of investigative texts about Society and the Status of Art in Tehran.
Review of Artistic Education
This article brings into the discussion one of the important components of the cultural and educational infrastructure - the art gallery. In the paper, we will analyze the transformations that occurred in the offer of exhibition spaces in the contemporary artistic dynamics of Iasi. Along with an radiography of the Iași art galleries and the relational dimension they exercise, we will expose some of the comments of some Iași visual artists, on the side of this topic, extracted from the interviews which I realized in my doctoral research and which I published in the book Ieșeni ai artei vizuale contemporane. In shaping a dynamic artistic context, the art galleries constitute a factor of relational consolidation between the artist and the public, an aesthetic and active environment for the promotion of local, national and international artistic values. The space where visual artists exhibit their artistic projects either in personal, group or collective exhibitions is the place where a...
Art exhibitions in sociocultural space
2016
The article reveals the importance of art exhibitions as part of an integrated cultural environment of the city, their usage for innovative cultural, educational and social projects. The potential of exhibitions’ attractions for enriching of recreational area of the city has been analyzed. The aspects of modern exhibitional strategy forming, creation of structural model of artistic character exhibition activity, analyzed the elements of exhibition space organization, exhibition forms and objects. The urgent directions of art installations creation as a tool for the implementation of creative ideas were defined, outlined the options for their placement in the public space of the city.
This study started with the aim to answer questions such as ―Who is the art museum visitor?‖, ―Who are the art museum visitors in the world and in Turkey?‖, ―How do they differ?‖, ―Why do they differ?‖, ―What effect do cultural policies have on the audiences of art museums?‖ and ―Why are there so many museums opening recently in Turkey?‖. To answer these questions and many related ones, in this study a comparative analysis of the audiences of two private art museums, the Pera Museum in Istanbul and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, is presented. The study answers these questions and many related ones. The results show that the Turkish visitor share similarities with the art museum visitor in the world, but many local factors such as demographics, cultural regulations, economic and other types of surplus such as time, also have considerable effect on cultural attendance. The most important demographics indicators are gender and education. Co- existing and different visitor segments were identified, which are evidence for a diversifying visitor base rather than completely elite audience. The first part focuses on the aims, the value and validity of the study in order to understand the forces governing art museums as members of the non-profit sector. The second part summarizes the theoretical background valid for the cultural economics of the museums. The third part is an analysis of the audiences, compares them and offers synthesis and results valid for museum management. The last part deals with a brief Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) analysis of the institutions, whose content provides insights on what museum audiences might expect from an art museum.
Prospective face of social spaces constructed with contemporary understanding of art
The concept of shopping, which emerged with exchange method within historical process, entered into a great transformation process with passages, which are regarded as prototypes of these places. Today, these structures became spaces which penetrate into daily life of people, social and cultural structures of cities. Therefore, it was inevitable to conduct comprehensive researches on them with their social, political, urban and architectural dimensions. As it can also be understood from each new construction of design that is put forward for malls, these places are designed with a visual structure that has similar characteristics to city centers albeit they diverge from cities in physical and social aspects. In other words, today's shopping malls are constructed as urban spaces that incorporate various elements within themselves that belong to exterior space. In this line, covering malls in terms of architecture underlies this study. These places, which have become popular for people who have adapted to city life, are not able to go beyond being consumption-oriented limited spaces where only the act of shopping is materialized even though they have modern designs. These limited architectural designs and new suggestions brought forward as solutions to them were questioned within the context of this study. While doing this, first consumption culture and concept of shopping were examined by taking space construction into account and what these places represent as daily spheres of life were questioned. In this study, shopping centers were regarded as spaces that should gain a character in public sphere apart from being places where product and services are sold, it was anticipated that interaction between users and construct will steer this gain and will affect social life. This study, which emerged as a result of a need to examine present situation of these spaces that have great importance and to make prospective assessments, was prepared by utilizing journal, book, magazine and internet sources.
ICONARP | International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2024
This study examines Gallery Sanat Yapım, one of the first private art galleries in Ankara, as a representation of urban transformation in the 1980s. Gallery Sanat Yapım is analyzed using qualitative longitudinal research and document analysis. This process highlights its spatial and temporal transformations. To provide an understanding of the gallery's role in Ankara's art scene, the research incorporates data collected through interviews in addition to an analysis of written, visual, and audio materials. The evaluation includes an examination of these sources to reveal the impact of galleries on Ankara's cultural scene. In contrast to government-supported art galleries, this research emphasizes the distinctive characteristics of private galleries, such as Gallery Sanat Yapım, which played a pivotal role in shaping Ankara's cultural identity. Thus, as a cultural and urban setting, the importance of gallery spaces is emphasized through the evaluation of interior space and spatial context. Furthermore, a comprehensive understanding of the spatial components offers crucial insights into audience engagement with artworks. In conclusion, the findings shed light on the opportunities and challenges faced by both private and state-supported art galleries during the period. This research contributes novel perspectives on the intersection of space, art, and society within Ankara's evolving urban landscape, thereby enriching scholarly discourse. Ultimately, the study underscores the crucial role of private galleries in preserving and shaping the city's cultural heritage, paving the way for future academic investigations in this field.