Yuksel Arslan

Collection of the Artist
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibition Catalogue, Istanbul, Santralistanbul, A Retrospective of Yuksel Arslan, 2009-2010, p. 339, illustrated in colour

Condition: This work is in very good condition. Colour: The catalogue illustration is very accurate.
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"Yuksel Arslan is a Turkish artist who works far from the spotlight. With the soul of an encyclopediste he covers the arts and science of all eras. He makes documents that, without using brush or paint, he calls 'artures' – something midway between painting and writing. He works with natural colours. He produces series that depict years and years of reading, touching on the prehistoric, on social history, on art, poetry, thought, the sciences... Since 1986 he has been concerned with the history of man, entitled 'Man', focusing on the development of the nervous system and its disorders."

 

Jacques Vallet cited in "At the Side of 'L'homme' New Encounters with Arslan": in Exhibition Catalogue, Istanbul, Santralistanbul, A Retrospective of Yuksel Arslan, p. 312