Exhibition poster by Savas Cekic

The 1st International Invitational Poster Biennial that is organized by the Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty between 26 October-22 December 2010 in Istanbul, opened its doors. More than 70 designers (58 designers and 5 design collectives) participate in the MUIP Biennial from 23 countries. The biennial includes mostly social and cultural posters. Savas Cekic, the curator of the biennial, defines the poster as "the naughty boy of the walls" and underlines the changing face of today's poster and its permanence as a political and a social fact despite the lack of its commercial and cultural dimension. Savas also provided the text and the pictures of this web exhibition. Participants: USA: Chaz Maviyane-Davies, Eleanor Grosch, Luba Lukova, Mat Daly, Modern Dog Design (Michael Strassburge, Robynne Raye, Shogo Ota), Patent Pending Ind. (Jeff Kleinsmith, Jesse LeDoux), Ron Liberti, Stephan Sagmeister Germany: Bongout (Anna Hellsgard, Christian Gfeller), Holger Matthies, Lex Drewinski, Uwe Loesch Australia: Mark Gowing Austria: Helmut Langer, Marina Langer-Rosa China: Kuokwai Cheong Denmark: Finn Nygaard, Gitte Kath Finland: Hilppa Hyrkas, Kari Piippo, Pekka Loiri Croatia: Boris Ljubicic, Vanja Cuculic England: Harry Pearce Iran: Alireza Mostafazadeh Ebrahimi, Amir Hossein Ghoochibeik, Aria Kasei, Farhad Fozouni, Homa Delvaray, Majid Abbasi, Masoud Nejabati, Mehdi Saeedi, Parisa Tashakori, Peyman Pourhosein, Reza Abedini, Saeed Ensafi Ireland: Tony O'Hanlon Switzerland: Erich Brechbuehl, Jean-Benoit Levy, Niklaus Troxler, Stephan Bundi Japan: Mitsuo Katsui, Takashi Akiyama, U.G. Sato Canada: Seripop (Chloe Lum, Yannick Desranleau) Lithuania: Stasys Eidrigevicius Hungary: Istvan Orosz, Peter Pocs, Varga Gábor Farkas Mexico: Elmer Sosa, Osvaldo Gaona Poland: Anita Wasik, Elzbieta Chojna Portugal: Joao Machado Russia: Fallindesign Studio (Alexander Faldin, Alexandra Faldina, Anastasia Faldina, Svetlana Faldina), Vladimir Chaika Slovenia: Radovan Jenko Taiwan: Lin Horng-Jer Turkey: Bulent Erkmen, Yurdaer Altintas Ukraine: Nikolay Kovalenko Greece: Dimitris Arvanitis Website: www.muipbiennial.org Location: REPUBLIC MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY Sultanahmet-ISTANBUL-TURKEY

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