ALİ ŞENTÜRK
Operasyon: Kamusal Alan
The second support of the Faruk Sade Art Fund in 2017 was granted to the publication of the research of the installation titled 'Operation: Public Domain' which Ali Şentürk had documented for the sculptures that were broken down, destroyed, attacked and found controversial in the public arena since the 2000’s. This study aims to search the fate of the statues that have been stolen for political and religious reasons, or sometimes found controversial or erotic and determine their current status on the map of Turkey. The collected archive is being transformed into a documentation book under the guidance of Nevzat Sayın, Büke Uras, Fulya Sade, Bihrat Mavitan and in the editorship of Melis Golar as a publication of Galeri Siyah Beyaz supported by Faruk Sade Art Fund.
1985, Born in Ankara, Turkey.
In 2012, he graduated from the Sculpture Department of Fine Arts Faculty of Hacettepe University. That same year, he received the best screenplay award in the "Novartis: 24 Hours with Patient" short film competition with his friends. In 2013 he participated in CerModern Guest Artist Program. In the same year he took part in the Mamut Art Project and the "No City from Empty Houses" opened in m1886 with the support of the French Cultural Center .His first solo exhibition "Search for Ali Şentürk" was held in ODTÜ in 2014 and the second solo exhibition "Do Not Tell Anyone About Me” was exhibited in İstanbul SODA. Lastly, his works were exhibited on "How to Remember a War" in CerModern curated by Dilek Şener and ODTÜ Art Festival "Second Nature". Şentürk lives in Ankara, Hacettepe Sculpture Department. He continues his master's program and gives sculpture classes at METU Music and Fine Arts Department.