The Last Chapter

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You are invited to the final chapter of the HomeAcasa Project. Please join us for the last interactive celebration of the touring show.

Dean Clough Gallery Halifax, HX3 5AX (www.deanclough.com)
12 October-7 December 2008
Opening times: Everyday 10:00-17:00
Admission: Free

Private View on Saturday 11 October 2008, 12:00-14:00

During the Private View, HomeAcasa Project has comissioned artist Murat Ozkasim to produce an interactive piece of work.

Murat Ozkasim is a photographer and printmaker, he lives in Leeds, where he operates a photography studio. This commercial work has led to long term assignments in New York and Miami.
Murat was born in Turkey and has lived in England for twenty-five years. As an artists his practice reflects a deep interest in inter-cultural harmony. He has exhibited widely in the U.K. and abroad. His partcipation in this project has created a first opportunity to not only employ three dimensions but to research the rich potential of the tactile in the audience’s reception of the work and its underlying concepts through direct interaction.

Art Gallery, Leeds

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HT003 Gallery Bucharest

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Art Museum Craiova, Romania

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Gabriela Boiangiu

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Valentin Boiangiu

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Dr Patrick Eyres ( New Arcadian Press)

'....As I travel by underground to Kings Cross Station, I collect a free pocket tube map, which will thrill this born-and-bred Londoner as a souvenir of HOME. While the train speeds north, I look forward to being met in Leeds and driven HOME. I reflect upon my encounter with the connection between the letter-reader and HOME. I know that my response to the sculpture has been stimulated by the invitation from Gabriela and Valentin Boiangiu to write on the theme of their exhibition: HOME. Although the idea of HOME touches everyone deeply, the daily busy-ness of life often intrudes on the opportunity for reflection. Their theme has prompted my sculptural encounter and has reminded me that I represent the first generation of my family born since 1900 that has not been shattered by deaths in the wars of the twentieth century, and that my sense of connection and contented-ness with HOME is due to a life lived during a sustained period of domestic peace....'