‘Walking Dervish’ Koman exhibition
at EXPO2000 Hanover World Fair

('Akdeniz' - copy)

Ilhan Koman was chosen in 2000 to represent Turkish modern art at the EXPO2000 Hanover World Fair in Germany.

The exhibition's curators (Ozgur Uckan and Arhan Kayar) decided to present over 50 of Koman's best works, including a full-scale copy of 'Akdeniz' ('Mediterranean), which took several months to build.

Design exhibition has been assumed by dream Design factory (dDf).

Since Ilhan Koman passed away, in 1986 most of his works had remained in Stockholm, under the supervision of the Swedish side of the Koman family. EXPO2000 has been the occasion to ship them, first to Germany, then to Turkey, where they still are nowadays, stored in Istanbul and now professionally managed by the Koman Foundation.

The Turkish Republic Ministry of Culture sponsored this exhibition.