At The Crossroads 2: Contemporary Art from Istanbul to Kabul

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Lot 37
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Burhan Dogancay

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Description

  • Burhan Dogancay
  • Kaleidoscopic Woman Want (From the Cones Series)
  • signed and dated 1987; signed and dedicated on the reverse
  • acrylic, collage and fumage on cardboard mounted on panel

Provenance

Private Collection, U.S. (acquired directly from the artist in 1988)

Catalogue Note

“The walls I am drawn to have been worked on by nature and by human beings, so that they provide a mirror of their respective neighborhoods. They are speaking walls. Wall messages are constantly changing, new ones replacing old ones, old ones covered up or distorted by the elements. The whole human experience has been reflected on walls, beginning with cave drawings.”

Burhan Dogancay cited in: Paul Vitello, "Burhan Dogancay, Artist Inspired by Urban Walls, Dies at 83", in: The New York Times, 22 January 2013, p. A18