Presentation by Slavs and Tatars
Molla Nasreddin:
Embrace Your Antithesis
Salt Beyoğlu
July 19, 2011 18.30 – 20.00
![427 Jpg 1200 1200 False Slavs and Tatars sanat kolektifi, SALT Beyoğlu'ndaki sunumlarında, muhtemelen 20. yüzyılın en önemli Müslüman siyasi hiciv dergisinin en ikonik kapak, karikatür ve illüstrasyonlarının bir seçkisinden oluşan MOLLA NASREDDIN: the magazine that would've, could've, should've [NASREDDİN HOCA dergisi: şunu yapabilecekti, yapabilirdi, yapmalıydı] adlı kitaplarını tanıttı. Azerbaycan'ın efsanevi yayını Molla Nasreddin, Kafkas bir Daumier'in illüstrasyonlarını andıran işler sunar ve Fas'tan Hindistan'a geniş bir kitle tarafından takip edilirdi. 1906-1931 yıllarında yayımlanan dergi, günümüzün küresel okurları için halen önem taşıyan cinsiyet ayrımcılığı, eğitim, sömürgecilik ve İslam'ın moderniteyle entegrasyonu gibi aciliyet gerektiren meseleleri işlemekteydi.](/directus/media/thumbnails/427-jpg-1200-1200-false-jpg-780-5000-false.jpg)
Slavs and Tatars present at SALT Beyoğlu MOLLA NASREDDIN: the magazine that would've, could've, should've, selection of the best caricatures and illustrations from the legendary Azerbaijani periodical, arguably the most important Muslim satirical political magazine of the 20th century. Featuring illustrations reminiscent of a Daumier of the Caucasus, Molla Nasreddin was read by an audience that stretched from Morocco to India, and addressed issues such as gender equality, education, colonialism, and Islam's integration of modernity -- all of which are as relevant and pressing to today's global audience as when the magazine was first published a century ago.
English
Slavs and Tatars are proud to present MOLLA NASREDDIN: the magazine that would’ve, could’ve, should’ve, selection of the best caricatures and illustrations from the legendary Azeribaijani periodical, arguably the most important Muslim satirical political magazine of the 20th century. Featuring illustrations reminiscent of a Daumier of the Caucasus, Molla Nasreddin was read by an audience that stretched from Morocco to India, and addressed issues such as gender equality, education, colonialism, and Islam’s integration of modernity – all of which are as relevant and pressing to today’s global audience as when the magazine was first published a century ago. At SALT Beyoğlu, Slavs and Tatars will present Molla Nasreddin: Embrace Your Antithesis, including a discussion of the book’s historical context, a case study of the complex Caucasus region, the figure of the antimodern, and the issue of self-censorship both then and now.
Slavs and Tatars is a faction of polemics and intimacies devoted to an area east of the former Berlin Wall in Germany and west of the Great Wall of China, known as Eurasia. Their Friendship of Nations: Polish Shi’ite Showbiz was recently presented at the 10th Sharjah Biennial and they are currently working on exhibitions at Secession Vienna and Künstlerhaus Stuttgart scheduled to open in 2012.
