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Füsun Onur
Füsun Onur (born 1938) is a Turkish artist, based in Istanbul. She uses everyday materials in her painting and sculpture to reflect on space, time, rhythm and form. Early life and education Onur was born in Kuzguncuk, Istanbul. She attended the Department of Sculpture at the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts, where she was a student of Ali Hadi Bara. Rewarded a Fulbright scholarship, she continued her master's degree in sculpture at Maryland College of Art, Department of Sculpture where she graduates in 1967. Works Onur's early works come in the form of abstract geometric sculptures. However, starting from 1971 she used found objects and light, transparent or reflective materials to create rhythmic compositions that examine space and time. Having lived and worked in the same house on the Bosphorus where she was born, her childhood memories and objects (clothes, toys, furniture, photographs) as well as found objects collected from its vicinity are materials she often rearranges i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuzguncuk
Kuzguncuk is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 4,151 (2022). It is on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. The neighborhood is centered on a valley opening to the Bosphorus and is somewhat isolated from the main part of the city, being surrounded by nature preserves, cemeteries, and a military installation. It is a quiet neighborhood with streets lined with antique Ottoman wooden houses. Kuzguncuk is bordered on the north by Beylerbeyi, on the east by Burhaniye, Üsküdar, Burhaniye, on the south by İcadiye and Sultantepe, Üsküdar, Sultantepe, and on the west by the Bosphorus. On the other side of the Bosphorus is Beşiktaş. The Otoyol 1 highway separates the neighborhood from Burhaniye. History The word ''kuzguncuk'' means "little raven" or "barred window of a prison door" in Turkish language, Turkish. The name is said to have come from a holy person named Kuzgun Baba, who lived in the area during th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
59th Venice Biennale
The 59th Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held between April and November 2022, having been delayed a year due to the COVID pandemic. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Cecilia Alemani curated its central exhibition. Background The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater. Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as pavilions, as their national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Installation Artists
A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional uteruses are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause. More generally, sex differentiation of the female fetus is governed by the lack of a present, or functioning, ''SRY'' gene on either one of the respective sex chromosomes. Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva. An adult woman generally has a wider pelvis, broader hips, and larger breasts than an adult man. These characteristics facilitate childbirth and breastfeeding. Women typically have less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscular than men. Throughout human history, traditional gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1938 Births
Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Farida of Egypt, Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls), Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von Brauchitsch. Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath is dismi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yapi Kredi Publications
Yapi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cyril Yapi (born 1980), French footballer * Darren Yapi (born 2004), American soccer player * Gilles Yapi Yapo (born 1982), Ivorian footballer See also * Enerji Yapi-Yol Sen v Turkey, is a European labour law case * Yapi Kredi Bank Azerbaijan, is a bank based in Azerbaijan * Yapi Kredi Publications, is one of the biggest publishing houses in Turkey {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul Foundation For Culture And Arts
The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts ( Turkish: ''İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı''), abbreviated İKSV, is a not-for-profit arts organization based in Istanbul to promote classical music, theatre, jazz, and plastic arts. The İKSV was founded in 1972 by a joint venture of 17 businesspeople and art enthusiasts pioneered by Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı. Its establishment was funded by the Turkish government to engage in cultural framework for the 50th Anniversary of the Republic. The goal of the foundation is described as turning Istanbul into a major center of international culture and arts. Since 1972, it has gradually expanded the scope of activities. Istanbul Film Festival, first held in 1982, is the biggest annual film festival in Turkey, featuring movies from all over the world at İKSV centres. International Istanbul Theatre Festival is another remarkable initiative by the foundation. In 2009, it moved to Deniz Palas in Beyoğlu that is now renamed under the Nejat Ecza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Hadi Bara
Ali Hadi Bara (September 9, 1906 – August 30, 1971) was a Turkish sculptor and one of the first artists of the Republican generation in Turkey. Biography Ali Hadi Bara was born in Tehran but moved with his family to the Ottoman Empire when he was young. From 1923 to 1927 he studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Istanbul. Following this he went to Paris and studied sculpture with Henri Bouchard and Charles Despiau. In 1930 he returned to Istanbul and the Fine Arts Academy to become an assistant teacher. He visited Paris between 1949 and 1950, after which he ceased to create figural works and instead turned to creating non-figural sculpture. From 1950 until his death in 1971 he worked at the Academy in Istanbul. Works * Adana Monument (1935) * Monument to Atatürk (1937) * Statue of 16th-century Ottoman admiral Barbarossa in Beşiktaş, Istanbul. (1946 on 400th anniversary of Barbarossa's death) * Monument of Atatürk and Ismet Inönü on Horseback in Zonguldak Exhibitions * V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale ( ; ) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy. There are two main components of the festival, known as the Art Biennale () and the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Architecture Biennale (), which are held in alternating years (hence the name). There are also four additional components, each usually held on an annual basis, comprising , , Venice Film Festival, and Venice Dance Biennale. Between them they cover contemporary art, architecture, music, theatre, film, and contemporary dance. The main exhibition is held in Castello, Venice, Castello and has around 30 permanent pavilions built by different countries. The Biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of its kind. Since 2021, the Art Biennale has taken place in even years and the Architecture Biennale in odd years. History 1895–1947 On 19 April 1893, the Venetian City Council passed a resolution to set up an biennial exhibition of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Biennale
The Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art is one of the most important Russian cultural events and was founded in 2003. First Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art The First Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (January 28 – February 28, 2005) caused a great response in Russia and abroad. The main exhibition, “Dialectics of Hope,” included projects by 41 artists from 22 countries and represented art that focused on one of the most fundamental experiences of modern human beings: hope. The main project was realised at the former Lenin Museum, near the Red Square. The Biennale's special projects and parallel program numbered over 50 exhibitions of Russian actual art and European, American and Asian visual artists. Curators (main project): Joseph Backstein, Daniel Birnbaum, Iara Boubnova, Nicolas Bourriaud, Rosa Martinez and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art The main project of the Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (March 1 – April 1, 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
