Tag Archives: Bosphorus

Swimming the distance of memory

Posted on February 2, 2015 by

Geographies of paintings done and redone. Having walked the long-mediated underground from the Metro station into the glammy Zorlu centre, arriving in Mamon, announced as it is, 250 m  then 150m, then 100 only; a grey airless tunnel and I … Continue reading →

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Picturing the homes of two heroes (kahraman (Tr): hero)

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

I often have occasion to pass by the pink yali on the Bosphorus where Argonauts one of my recent Istanbul paintings now lives. Paying the painting and the home of its discerning collectors, the  Kahraman family a visit I was … Continue reading →

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