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艦akir Eczac谋ba艧谋: Selected Moments
Istanbul Modern鈥檚 鈥�艦akir Eczac谋ba艧谋: Selected Moments鈥� exhibition presents works by 艦akir Eczac谋ba艧谋 (1929-2010), who took up photography in the 1960s. The exhibition contains more than 300 photographs, several of which are from the Istanbul Modern Photography Collection.
Defining art as 鈥渁n effort to reproduce the world with a specific personal interpretation鈥�, 艦akir Eczac谋ba艧谋 not only pursued photography, he also served in various prominent roles in culture and arts, founded the Turkish Cinema Association, and for many years was the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. One of the prominent figures of his time in Turkey鈥檚 culture and art world, 艦akir Eczac谋ba艧谋 tried to convey "the relationship of his subjects with their surroundings, other people, vehicles and paths鈥� in his photographs.
"Selected Moments" brings together impressionist photographs from the artist's early years during the 1960s, when he pursued 鈥渢he stimulating and emotional effect of colors", and starting from the 1980s, photographs that question the formalism of the medium in order to project the movement, uncertainty and changes of daily life. The exhibition reveals the artist's desire 鈥� like many others in his generation 鈥� to search for a form of "universal communication".
Exhibition curator B眉lent Erkmen describes the artist and the exhibition as follows:
鈥淪抬akir Eczac谋bas抬谋 approached the things he wanted to do, his pursuits and interests, life, and photography with appetite and enthusiasm. He photographed every moment and everything he looked at. 艦akir Eczac谋ba艧谋's world of photography was as rich as his voice, and to illustrate it, 50, 100, or 150 photographs aren't enough. This exhibition presents more than 300 photographs, and with this comprehensive selection, aims to convey the diversity and colorfulness of moments in Eczac谋ba艧谋's view of life, the images that add extraordinary emotion to ordinary moments, and the versatile passion behind his unsteady, fidgeting camera.鈥�
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Istanbul Modern鈥檚 鈥�艦akir Eczac谋ba艧谋: Selected Moments鈥� exhibition presents works by 艦akir Eczac谋ba艧谋 (1929-2010), who took up photography in the 1960s. The exhibition contains more than 300 photographs, several of which are from the Istanbul Modern Photography Collection.
Defining art as 鈥渁n effort to reproduce the world with a specific personal interpretation鈥�, 艦akir Eczac谋ba艧谋 not only pursued photography, he also served in various prominent roles in culture and arts, founded the Turkish Cinema Association, and for many years was the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. One of the prominent figures of his time in Turkey鈥檚 culture and art world, 艦akir Eczac谋ba艧谋 tried to convey "the relationship of his subjects with their surroundings, other people, vehicles and paths鈥� in his photographs.
"Selected Moments" brings together impressionist photographs from the artist's early years during the 1960s, when he pursued 鈥渢he stimulating and emotional effect of colors", and starting from the 1980s, photographs that question the formalism of the medium in order to project the movement, uncertainty and changes of daily life. The exhibition reveals the artist's desire 鈥� like many others in his generation 鈥� to search for a form of "universal communication".
Exhibition curator B眉lent Erkmen describes the artist and the exhibition as follows:
鈥淪抬akir Eczac谋bas抬谋 approached the things he wanted to do, his pursuits and interests, life, and photography with appetite and enthusiasm. He photographed every moment and everything he looked at. 艦akir Eczac谋ba艧谋's world of photography was as rich as his voice, and to illustrate it, 50, 100, or 150 photographs aren't enough. This exhibition presents more than 300 photographs, and with this comprehensive selection, aims to convey the diversity and colorfulness of moments in Eczac谋ba艧谋's view of life, the images that add extraordinary emotion to ordinary moments, and the versatile passion behind his unsteady, fidgeting camera.鈥�
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