Sublime Porte: Art and Contemporary Turkey Featuring UPenn Assistant Professor Orkan Telhan and Michael Marfione (MFA '11)

St. John's University is honored to present Sublime Porte: Art and Contemporary Turkey, an exhibition which features a broad range of contemporary works by a select group of emerging and internationally acclaimed artists whose works respond to Turkey's rich cultural diversity. The exhibition addresses issues of race, gender, sexuality, religion and politics as well as broader arguments concerning art, culture and globalization.

A group exhibition featuring works by: Osman Akan, Burak Arikan, Kezban Batibeki, Nezaket Ekici, Paul Fabozzi, Murat Germen, Peter Hristoff, Gözde İlkin, Michael Marfione, Alex Morel, Arzu Ozkal, Murat Pulat, Gulay Semercioglu, Orkan Telhan and Elif Uras. 

Sublime Porte: Art and Contemporary Turkey is on view from 03.14.13 -- 05.02.13 at:


Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery/Sun Yat Sen Hall 
St. John's University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY

An artist's reception will be held Friday, March 15, from 4:30 - 6:30 pm.

For more info, please visit www.stjohns.edu/yehgallery