Pureblood Reflections

In “Pureblood Reflections”, the new exhibition of the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art Photography Gallery, Peter Muller Peter introduces the Yeguada de la Cartuja horses, present at the courts of Europe ever since the 12th century, with a brand new interpretation. Peter Muller Peter creates dramatic stories by taking photographs of this horse that has been depicted in the paintings of famous European artists, by again photographing it together with these paintings. At the exhibition, the Curator of which is Engin Özendes, together with 40 photographs, 6 others that are composed each as an installation in shootings and reflect the areas used, will be shown in light boxes.

Engin Özendes states that Peter Muller Peter has moulded two different areas of art in a harmonious and aesthetic way to bring out new creations and presentations.

“The horse, the most aesthetic living creature of literature and fine arts standing in front of works which have proved their artful power, is introduced to us in a brand new arrangement with these extraordinary backgrounds.

Photography is, first of all, a language. The rich language of Peter Muller Peter in these photographs is composed by his contemporary interpretation plus his accomplishment in editing, proportion, light, perspective and details.

These masterly works in which times, spaces intertwine and none of which contradicts the other, display Pureblood Reflections.”Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru, a living master of Latin American literature and one of the all-round cultural personas of our day, in his article in the exhibition catalogue, mentions that the photographs draw attention to the Andalusian horse with their bewitching images. Llosa also accentuates that Muller’s work indicates that the horse is the only animal to become associated with the humans on the same level: “These extremely beautiful Andalusian Horses that Peter Muller Peter persuaded (one wonders with what wheedling) to pose for him in these artfully thought-out compositions move through the works of Rubens, Velázquez, Goya, Macke and Carpaccio with absolute ease, as would sensitively alert beings. They look at the canvases and frescoes with wide-open, intelligent eyes, ears pricked up with attention, or they take up their place in the pictures like consummate masters of illusion. They never jar, they are never superfluous among the delicate objects and the highly refined setting where the art of the photographer has installed them. Quite on the contrary – it could be claimed that they should be there, that the pictures have been waiting for them to make them complete.”

Istanbul Modern is located in Karakoy,on the European side of Istanbul.

Source: http://www.istanbulmodern.org/en/f_index.html