Kutluğ Ataman

Women Who Wear Wigs

Pursued as a terrorist; suffering from chemo hair loss; banned from school unless she exposes natural hair; having to work as a transgender sex worker; four women talk about their wigs.

Selected Exhibitions: 

  • Venice Biennial, 1999 
  • City Museum of Art, Helsinki, 2000 
  • Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit, 2000 
  • The Lux Gallery, London, 2000 
  • Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, 2001 
  • Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, 2001 
  • BAWAG, Vienna, 2002 
  • Copenhagen Contemporary Art Centre, 2002 
  • Serpentine Galleries, London, 2002 
  • Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, 2002 
  • Royal College of Art, London, 2002 
  • GEM, Museum voor Actuele Kunst, 2003 
  • ZKM: Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, 2003 
  • Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, 2004 
  • CaixaForum, Barcelona, 2004 
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2005 
  • Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, 2006 
  • Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst (MuHKA), Antwerp, 2006 
  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla (MUSAC), Leon, 2007 
  • Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2008 
  • Tanas, Berlin, 2008 
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Basel, 2009 
  • Little Theatre of Gestures, Basel, 2009 
  • Malmö Konsthall, Sweden, 2009 
  • Kunstmuseum / Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, 2009 
  • Istanbul Modern, 2010