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Living, liking and exclaiming Paris
Returning to Istanbul from my two-month sojourn as a resident at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, I have in my possession three signed volumes. Together they signal the points of a triangle, or the pages of a trilogy, … Continue reading
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Tagged bleuetrose, bonnard, burcuturker, citedesartsparis, destael, Duchamp, giletjaunes, hemingway, lecubisme, monet, orangerie, Paris, parisartmuseums, pattismith, picasso, rachelcusk, shakespeareandco, vandongen, vuillard
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Drawing the line
Heading back into the studio, pots of glaze lined up on the table, all geared up to paint Jane’s pots; what a treat. Another good way to get back into things if you got out of them is to go … Continue reading
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Tagged Antonio Lopez Garcia, city, commuting, drawing, istanbul, journey, metro, neo rauch, sketchbook, studio, walking
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What do you do when you are not working?
Curator and writer Douglas Dreishpoon from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo in the US has got me thinking. Trace this back to my friend Isin, whose Masters/ PHD in Curatorship I have been proof reading, and the reason I have … Continue reading
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Walkabout in Istanbul
Tomorrow I conduct a “walkabout” of my exhibition “Ships and Dreams” currently showing at Arnavutkoy Gallery in Arnavutkoy, Istanbul. Where I come from it is fairly common practice to return to your exhibition after its opening, at a designated time … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, bosphoros, bruce chatwin, city, exhibition istanbul, istanbul, journey, painting, ships and dreams, songlines, walkabout, walking, wandering
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A fresh look at a beautiful city
I was recently asked to write something about “beauty” for the January edition of the IWI International Women of Istanbul) magazine Lale so here it is… Venturing into landscape painting in the climate of contemporary art making is a perverse … Continue reading
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the road to damascus
Return from Syria again aware that what has been captured in my notebooks needs an out. What remains as I am once again buffeted on the pavements of Istanbul, is a sense of newness, compositions that configure in my minds … Continue reading
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The wondering artist 