Halil Altındere (born in 1971 in Mardin, lives in Istanbul) is a contemporary artist focusing on the resistance to repressive structures and marginalization within official systems of representation, such as humorously manipulating state documents and official insignia such as flags, passports and banknotes. His later work explores the everyday life and the humorous codes of subcultures in Istanbul. He showed in major international exhibitions including Documenta 12 (2007), Manifesta 4 (2002), Kwangju Biennial (2002), Sao Paulo Biennial (1998), Istanbul Biennial (1997). Altındere is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of art-ist Contemporary Art Magazine, Istanbul.[citation needed]
In the exhibition Who the f*ck is Halil Altındere? the Kunstpalais presents photographs, sculptures, objects and video works by Halil Altındere and with that offers a comprehensive insight into the artist's work. As an artist, curator and publisher Altındere is one of the most important protagonists in the contemporary art scene in Turkey. In 2015 he will be member of the International Short Film Jury of the Berlin Film Festival.
In 2014 his video Wonderland (2013) was already part of the group exhibition Affekte at the Kunstpalais. Now the solo exhibition opens a wider view on the topics in his diverse oeuvre. His newest video work Angels (2014), which was created in co-production with the Kunstpalais, will be on show for the first time in Germany: In the style of an action movie good and evil fight until a l...