“The Skin, Body, and I” at SALT Beyoğlu provided the most comprehensive coverage of Turkish artist İpek Duben’s fruitful, four-decade-plus practice to date, revealing the wide span of cultural and political themes that continue to permeate her multidisciplinary oeuvre. Presenting unflinching social critique on gender inequality, forced migration, and capitalist exploitation through the image of the human body, the works in the show call for critical empathy and
