Memed erdener kimdir

Multifaceted Project –

Memed Erdener, an artist based in Istanbul, first began his multifaceted project, “Extrastruggle,” in As he writes in his manifesto, Extrastruggle is a fictional graphic design firm that creates “ logos for all communities under social pressure… The veiled girl not allowed into the university, the man who is frowned upon for speaking Kurdish in public…”

The artist uses simple, efficient materials: paper, pen, and ink (as well as stancils, stamps, collage, assemblage): he refines his scanned drawings on the computer using Photoshop software.

Erdener’s imagery evokes how-to-become-a-citizen manuals from to the formative days of Republic of Turkey in the s and s, as well as popular and populist graphics that appear in magazines, the corporate branding of public companies and political parties, and street signs. He infuses his work with the styke of political cartoons.

Turkey experienced extreme tumult in the s and s, during the years of dictatorship a