Lale Tara

Innocent Surrogates, Photography, 127 x 190 cm, 2010

After studying photography at The New School University (New York) and OCTET: School of Visual Arts (New York), Tara’s visual diary “sevenmonthssevendays” was published by the Robinson Crusoe Publishing House in 2005. Following her exhibits Live (Bilsar, 2006) and Hello Earth Goodbye (Bilsar, 2007), x-ist hosted her show Doppelgänger (RUI) in 2009. The artist participated in Contemporary İstanbul ’09 & 10, Start-2009 (14th European Contemporary Art Fair, Strasbourg, France), ART HK’10, ART HK’11 (Hong Kong International Art Fair) and Scope Basel 2011 fairs and the exhibit curated by Kerimcan Güleryüz, “A Subjective Panorama on Turkish Contemporary Photography” in Maison des Métallos (Paris). In 2010, Tara took place in the multi-national exhibit titled “Tradition of the New” in Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (India), in the group show "Neither Here Nor There:Reflections on Cultural Hybridity and Third Space" at JAMM ( Art & Beyond), London and in the show “Between History and Tale: Contemporary Photography” in Sakshi Gallery, Taipei (Taiwan). In 2011, Tara met the art-lovers at her solo show, titled “Innocent Surrogates” at Istanbul Museum of Modern Art and also participated in the group exhibit, ‘Idols and Icons’ at Yavuz Fine Art, Singapore.

Website: http://www.laletara.com

PRESS CLIPS

Harpers Bazaar, October 2011
Fashion Buddies (PDF)

Zingarate, August 2011
Lale Tara, The exhibit That Transcends Reality (italian) (PDF)

Elle, August 2011
Elle Portrait (PDF)

Fotoğraf, June 2011
Innocent Surrogates (turkish) (PDF)

Mimarlık Dekorasyon, June 2011
New exhibit of Lale Tara, Innocent Surrogates (PDF)

Haber Türk, June 2011
Mother and Child Surrogates (PDF)

Harpers Bazaar, May 2011
An extraordinary woman (turkish) (PDF)

Antik Dekor , September 2010
Photography is pushing the boundaries of contemporary art ( turkish) (PDF)

CNNGO, May 2010
ART HK: A walking tour of the Hong Kong Art Fair (PDF)

Art Concerns, March 2010
Syncretic Art and New Avatars (PDF)