Sükran Moral. My Pain My Rebellion

venue: Kode 2

Child brides, violence against women, female genital mutilation, homophobia and polygamy. These are only a few of the themes the Turkish artist Sükran Moral treats in her controversial oeuvre.

"Pain turns into rage in me. I’ve decided to turn my tears into diamonds and slash society’s taboos. This crazy delirium is improper, no doubt. So what is proper, society? Watching people die in war-torn countries whilst having dinner at home?" Sükran Moral about the exhibition.

This autumn Moral will open the largest solo exhibition of her career so far – at KODE. The exhibition Sükran Moral – My Pain My Rebellion opens on Friday October 30.

Sükran Moral (b. 1962) is one of the most disputed and prominent figures on the European art scene. Since the beginning of the 1990s she has made a name for herself through her uncompromising performance art and powerful installations, which among other things has led to death threats against her in Turkey.

Moral’s art deals among other things with forced confinement. How weak individuals in a society are discriminated against and abused by others. Violence against women in particular is a repeated them in Moral’s art, but she also works with other marginalised groups who live on the edge of society, such as the psychologically ill, prostitutes, transsexuals and refugees.

With her direct and provoking performances Moral breaks with the customs and taboos that dictate how and where a woman can act, which is what makes her performances so intense and original. Moral is one of contemporary art’s most powerful and political voices right now.