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Frank Auerbach: painting uncertainty
Picking up on something I wrote a while back after visiting a major retrospective of Frank Auerbach’s work held at Tate Britain: Frank Auerbach creates a cathedral of perception and then invites his viewers to do the same in this … Continue reading
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Tagged frank auerbach, istanbul, leon kossoff, london, painting, richard diebenkorn, studio, tate, uncertainty, visual arts
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Late night maneuvering for Open Studio 2013
Photograph: Ya2eed Kamaldien http://yazkam.wordpress.com/ What is it about the prospect of an open studio that pulls me back into the paint, has me reworking a painting that has been la2ily checking me out from a corner of the studio. Or how … Continue reading
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Tagged art collecting, city, exhibition istanbul, istanbul, Istanbul interiors, open studio, painting, studio, studios
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Picturing the homes of two heroes (kahraman (Tr): hero)
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
Posted in art collecting, boats, bosphoros, cities, istanbul, painting, ships, Turkish interiors, visual arts
Tagged Argonauts, Arnavutkoy, Bosphorus, istanbul, Istanbul interiors, Ottoman interiors, painting, Turkey
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Thinking about Running and Painting
Sometimes I run to my studio along the Bosphorus. A way to get my vision tuned afresh. The fishing boats are out casting their yellow spirals and pitching their tents on the silvery plains. Hot sepia tea is being served … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Katz, istanbul, painting, Running
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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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