Kadikoy GALLERY,Ist-TUR
GALLERY ODA, Ist-TUR
JazzNOW, Bodrum-TUR
Artpark, RHODES-GREECE
Four Oc Press&GALLERY- USA
Exhibit:"US AND THEM 24"
US AND THEM 24
(INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL PRINT EXHIBITION)
The Image of Nature on Paper
For Us and Them 24 which Tem, in its 25th year, will be holding currently, I wanted the exhibition to transcend expectations. Because art and collecting are an essential part of my life, this time, in addition to the other works in the exhibition I chose to share with my dear and esteemed audience my collection of original prints of more than a quarter of a century. There were days when I pondered for a week and consulted friends on whether or not to buy a Giacometti lithograph. Now I think how well-advised I was. It gives me great joy to possess Défilé de mannequin à Istanbul, the only work Miro did on Istanbul. I have many more like it: Mürşide İçmelis Owls; the lithograph Hakkı Anlı did for Im Erker, one of the most important galleries of Switzerland; and the woodcut by Fevzi Karakoç that won much acclaim at the Winterthur Woodcut Triennial.
Printmaking is a very arduous process, because the artist must consubstantiate what he or she wants to depict with a unit of nature, and this can only be done by penetrating to the essence of the material used, by grasping its qualities. And in the end, what is seen on paper is not just what is depicted but also the nature of the wood, stone, metal, or other object used.
Sometimes, when people are talking about art I hear such comments as I dont buy prints or drawings, I prefer paintings. I feel that these people do not yet fully appreciate art, that they collect paintings for one reason or another. Whereas I believe that true art lovers can find pleasure as much in an engraving or woodcut as in an oil painting, and because they can acquire a larger number of works due to price advantage, that they can easily acquire a rich collection of good artists, both from Turkey and from abroad. There are many examples among my collectors.
The scope of printmaking techniques is extremely broad. Just as plunging into the world of printmaking and beginning new quests for an artist who constantly paints on canvas will bring him or her new excitement, a collector too can discover fresh flavors in those different tendencies. Those who visit our exhibition will find the opportunity to see various tendencies and developments in the works of Turkish and foreign artists, to learn about the new and different techniques applied, and to compare the Turkish and foreign artists displayed in the same show, which is just as important as their approaches. In these original art prints prepared with techniques such as engraving, lithography, woodcut, linoleum, Carborundum, monotype, etc., the masterful level achieved by Turkish artists on the one hand and the experienced approaches of foreign artists on the other, will provide reliable knowledge about current practice in this branch of art which originated a very long time ago.
Besi Cecan
This season Tem Sanat Galerisi will open Us and Them 24 between February 15 March 24, 2010. Overcoming a host of obstacles to make a tradition of these exhibitions, which bring together choice works by renowned artists from all over the world, Tem Sanat Galerisi is proud and pleased to have provided for twenty-four years now a cultural service which even museums have only begun to offer, and that with difficulty. A special feature of the exhibition this year is that it will include the original prints meticulously selected and collected by Besi Cecan over a span of close to thirty years.
The exhibition features works by the Turkish artists ALTAN ADALI, GÜLER AKALAN, ALAETTİN AKSOY, ERDAL ALANTAR, OKTAY ANILANMERT, HAKKI ANLI, CİHAT ARAL, AVNİ ARBAŞ, GÜLDEN ARTUN, MUSTAFA ASLIER, ATİLLA ATAR, YUSUF ZİYA AYGEN, ALİYE BERGER, SABRİ BERKEL, CİHAT BURAK, ZAHİT BÜYÜKİŞLEYEN, SALİH COŞKUN, ADNAN ÇOKER, SELÇUK DEMİREL, GÜL DERMAN, ABİDİN DİNO, GÜRBÜZ DOĞAN EKŞİOĞLU, TALAT ENLİL, DEVRİM ERBİL, MENGÜ ERTEL, BEDRİ RAHMİ EYÜBOĞLU, ZEKİ FINDIKOĞLU, ŞAKİR GÖKÇEBAĞ, GÜNDÜZ GÖLÖNÜ, MEHMET GÜLER, SELMA GÜRBÜZ, GÜNGÖR İBLİKÇİ, MEHMET GÜLERYÜZ, MÜRŞİDE İÇMELİ, İSMAİL İLHAN, ERGİN İNAN, KEMAL İSKENDER, ASIM İŞLER, AYŞEGÜL İZER, ÖMER KALEŞİ,DEVABİL KARA, FEVZİ KARAKOÇ, FETHİ KAYAALP, ZEKİ KOCAMEMİ, EMİN KOÇ, MEHMET KOYUNOĞLU, ERDAL KURUZU, MUSTAFA KÜÇÜKÖNER, ALİ CAN METİN, HAYATİ MİSMAN, NUR ÖZALP, HASAN PEKMEZCİ, SAFA (BEHÇET SEFA), GAZİ SANSOY, HALE SONTAŞ, MİTHAT ŞEN, SÜLEYMAN SAİM TEKCAN, SEMA ILGAZ TEMEL, FEVZİ TÜFEKÇİ, ÖMER ULUÇ, BİLGEHAN UZUNER, FAHRELNİSSA ZEİD
The artists from abroad represented in the show are ALEXANDER CALDER, PAUL JENKINS (U.S.A.), HANS HARTUNG, JÜRGEN GORG, ULLE HUTH, MAX NEUMANN (Germany), ANTONIO SEGUI (Argentina), HUBERT SOMMERAUER (Austria), DAVOUD EMDADIAN (Azerbaijan), PIERRE ALECHINSKY, POL BURY, RENÉ CARCAN (Belgium), ARTHUR LUIZ PIZA (Brasil), CHU TEH CHUN (China), BERNARD ALLIGAND, CÉSAR BALDACCINI, ANDRÉ BONGIBAULT, GILOU BRILLANT, THIERRY BUISSON, ERIC DALBIS, GEORGES DUSSAU, JOHNNY FRIEDLANDER, HENRI GOETZ, ALEXIS GORODINE, ABRAHAM HADAD, ERIC LEVESQUE, ANNE MARMONIER, ANDRÉ MASSON, JACQUES POLI, MICHEL POTIER, PIERRE-YVES TREMOIS, DOMINIQUE VALLET (France), SERGE HELENON (Guadeloupe), BRAM VAN VELDE (Holland), SALVADOR DALI, JOSEP GUINOVART, JOAN MIRÓ, ANTONI TAPIES (Spain), DORON ELIA (Israel), BENGT LINDSTROM, KARL MAGNUS (Sweden), ARTHUR AESCHBACHER, ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (Switzerland), LEONARDO CREMONINI, MARCO DEL RE, RICARDO LICATA (Italy), AKI KURODA, MIHARU SHIOTA (Japan), LADISLAV KIJNO (Poland), ARSLAN, YURI KUPER (Russia), DADO (Yugoslavia), TASA CHAROKOPOU, FLORANCE CHRISTAKI, NIKOS DESEKOPOULOS, ALECOS FASSIANOS, CHRISTOS GALTEMIS, GIORGOS MILLIOS, VOULA MOULOU-DOULI, GIORGOS PALLIS, PINO PANDOLFINI, CHRISTOS SANTAMOURIS, ROUBINA SARELAKOU, MARY SCHINA, NIKOS STAVRAKANTONAKIS (Greece)
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on March 28 2010 10:23:49
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