a black and white photo of a woman talking on a cell phone
Villefranche Enchères Riviera

82 - * Halil KOYUTURK (20th–21st centuries)
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Estimate €100 - €150
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* Halil KOYUTURK (20th–21st centuries) Trans woman smoking a cigarette Black-and-white photograph Unsigned Dimensions: 20 x 28 cm A catalogue will be presented to the buyer. The Helenbeck sisters discovered this Turkish photographer at the Rencontres d’Arles, where he was exhibiting. They presented his work at the ‘Très chère chair’ exhibition in 2006. Halil Koyutürk’s photojournalistic work in Turkey shifts the focus from the body as a cultural medium to the visibility of sexual identity. The made-up skin and adorned yet concealed bodies of Turkey’s transvestites and transsexuals, who suffer deeply in their own bodies and face daily exclusion, overcrowding and social segregation. The artist seeks to denounce political hypocrisy, commercial exploitation and the degradation of the human body, particularly as seen in his images of street children who are abandoned, addicted to drugs and forced into prostitution. In 2009 at the Maison des Métallos in Paris during ‘The Year of Turkey’, which featured 400 events on Turkish art in France.
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About the sale The Helenbeck Sisters’ Collection
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Auction time 09/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
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