Proje4L / Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art
Museums & Institutions - İstanbul, İstanbul, Turkey
Proje4L / Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art Employees
Proje4L / Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art Details
Proje4L was founded under the name of "Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art" in its former premises in Levent in 2001, when there was no non-profit institution supporting contemporary art in Turkey. It gave hundreds of national and international artists the opportunity to practice and exhibit their artistic creativity. Maintaining high quality of standards, the museum gained an international reputation in a very short period and supported Turkish artists in the world wide contemporary art scene. Later when new art institutions and museums bloomed in the Turkish art scene in 2005, the collectors converted the space in order to host the Elgiz Collection under the name of ‘Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art'. The museum is located in the dynamic business district of Istanbul, Maslak and is open to the public with the identity of a private collection museum. The Elgiz Collection, consisting of works of by influential Turkish and International artists, represents a wide range of progressive art in different media. The eclectic content of the collection allows the viewer to enjoy a comprehensive journey through the major contemporary art movements of the last two decades. The Turkish and international artworks that constitute the collection are selected and integrated with equal affection and respect. The new space of the Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art is established on 2000m2 of exhibiton space. Aside from the main hall, reserved for displaying selections from the Elgiz Collection, there are two Project Rooms, a glass Open Archive Room:"Archvarium" and a conference room. The Project Rooms are commisioned to young Turkish talents to give them a chance to exhibit their work, in some cases, for the first time. The Archvarium, open to visitors, is an archive room in which gallerists, collectors and art enhusiasts can browse through submitted artist portfolios and contact artists of their interest. The conference room hosts lectures focused on passion for collecting.
