BBCNEWS Inside Museums June 4, 2024 14:40:00
Reading or making music. whats really attractive is this idea that here is someone from turkey whos engaging with this quite problematic tradition of orientalism and somehow, what? hes subtly transforming it, hes — hes reclaiming it? yes, we can say that. he was painting the orient within the orient. whether you think that hamdi in the tortoise trainer was not so covertly criticising ottoman power, he was, at least, i believe, still operating within the parameters of western orientalism, while...
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