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Anatolian Scenes from Yalçin Gökçebags Palette
Presented by the Turkish Consulate General in New York
Co-presented by the Moon and Stars Project
Friday, May 11 - Friday, June 15, 2007
Reception: Friday, May 11, 2007 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Gallery hours: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm daily
Turkish Center
821 United Nations Plaza
First Floor
New York, NY 10017
Free admission
Please RSVP at tcbkny@broadviewnet.net to attend the reception.
For additional information please call (212) 229-1207.
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Yalçın Gökçebağ is widely considered one of the most notable artists in Turkey. In a career spanning more than four decades, Gökçebağ has used his naïve style masterfully to portray images of Anatolian rural life, where people are often dwarfed by nature. Appropriately, Gökçebağ depicts nature from a monumental standpoint and deftly manages to make all aspects of village life come alive. His paintings are carefully calculated to present a design in which the real is re-interpreted according to Gökçebağ’s unique vision. This exhibition follows different stages of Gökçebağ’s career to present a comprehensive view of the artist. His earlier paintings from the 1970s offer a more two-dimensional view of Anatolian villages with flat-roofed village houses, women going about their daily chores, children running about and villagers working at the fields depicted in a manner that reminds one of Turkish miniatures. Gökçebağ’s use of light creates abstract figures and spaces are enclosed with walls or fences to portray the limited world of the villagers. However, Gökçebağ’s later paintings incorporate more depth through the organization of the scenes, the use of light and the choice of colors. Shadows can stand for markers of time within these paintings presented through a diagonal view and these changes in Gökçebağ’s technique communicate greater dynamism. Finally, his latest works utilize colors in different ways to create an optical effect that generates further depth. Overall, the exhibition is a fascinating study on Yalçın Gökçebağ, whose craftsmanship demonstrates how he is a meticulous artist that invests a lot of thought and energy in the formulation of his paintings to great effect.
Special thanks to Hon. Mehmet Samsar, Consul General, and Mr. Baris Ceyhun Erciyes, Vice Consul, Turkish Consulate General in New York.
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