Animal-themed, of course. And to some extent a departure from the ACCA norm in including a large amount of non-contemporary art - mostly (if I remember right) paintings of dogs and horses from the 1800s ... although it's possible I have that wrong, not having paid that much attention to them.
More memorable were some of the contemporary pieces further in; Annika Eriksson's video narrative of poetic anomie and city-drift as narrated by an every-dog figure observing packs of stray mutts outside Istanbul, "I am the dog that was always here"; Aija-Liisa Ahtila's meditatively emotive, three-channel "The Hour of Prayer" about the death of her dog (she's caught my eye at ACCA before); Abdul-Rahman Abdullah's three small installations, each comprising a carved wooden cat and other object, "The day the sky fell down" (observing fallen chandelier on the ground), "The day the world was still" (beneath lampshade) and "The day that night was day" (atop tall wooden post).
More memorable were some of the contemporary pieces further in; Annika Eriksson's video narrative of poetic anomie and city-drift as narrated by an every-dog figure observing packs of stray mutts outside Istanbul, "I am the dog that was always here"; Aija-Liisa Ahtila's meditatively emotive, three-channel "The Hour of Prayer" about the death of her dog (she's caught my eye at ACCA before); Abdul-Rahman Abdullah's three small installations, each comprising a carved wooden cat and other object, "The day the sky fell down" (observing fallen chandelier on the ground), "The day the world was still" (beneath lampshade) and "The day that night was day" (atop tall wooden post).
