Ahmet Polat @ FOAM Museum Collection

Two works from Ahmet Polat's "Kemal’s Dream" series (2006 – 2012) have been acquired for the permanent collection of FOAM Museum in Netherlands. Since the establishment of the republic by Kemal Atatürk in 1923, Turkey has been marked by a dualism that is often reduced to a struggle between East and West. For many young people, this produces an inner conflict that typifies the entire republic of Turkey. Between the years 2006 – 2012, Polat travelled from Istanbul to Black Sea, from Southeast of Turkey to the Aegean region to visit, interview and photograph that dualism in Kemal Atatürk’s republic. Kemal’s Dream was also exhibited in the FOAM Museum between 15 October - 21 November, 2010. Click for more information on "Kemal’s Dream".