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1929 Istanbul, Turkey - 2013 New York City. Known for: Wall-inspired painting, abstraction, figural.
The following information is from Angela Dogancay . Burhan Dogançay was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1929. He is primarily known for a body of work that grew out of his fascination with urban walls;... Read full biography
The following information is from Angela Dogancay . Burhan Dogançay was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1929. He is primarily known for a body of work that grew out of his fascination with urban walls; they have a special meaning to him and it is that obseravtion that he transformed into art. Walls... Read full biography
The following information is from Angela Dogancay . Burhan Dogançay was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1929. He is primarily known for a body of work that grew out of his fascination with urban walls; they have a special meaning to him and it is that obseravtion that he transformed into art. Walls serve as a testament to the passage of time, reflecting social, political and economic change. They also bear witness to the assault of the elements and to the markings left by people. No other artist... Read full biography
The following information is from Angela Dogancay . Burhan Dogançay was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1929. He is primarily known for a body of work that grew out of his fascination with urban walls; they have a special meaning to him and it is that obseravtion that he transformed into art. Walls serve as a testament to the passage of time, reflecting social, political and economic change. They also bear witness to the assault of the elements and to the markings left by people. No other artist has explored urban wall as thoroughly and with the same passion Dogançay has. His persistent occupation with and translation of urban walls into art is what earned him a reputation as "father of wall art". The opening in 2004 of the Dogançay Museum,... Read full biography
The following information is from Angela Dogancay . Burhan Dogançay was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1929. He is primarily known for a body of work that grew out of his fascination with urban walls; they have a special meaning to him and it is that obseravtion that he transformed into art. Walls serve as a testament to the passage of time, reflecting social, political and economic change. They also bear witness to the assault of the elements and to the markings left by people. No other artist has explored urban wall as thoroughly and with the same passion Dogançay has. His persistent occupation with and translation of urban walls into art is what earned him a reputation as "father of wall art". The opening in 2004 of the Dogançay Museum, Turkey's first contemporary art museum, constituted the crowning of Dogançay's career. He lives and works in New York where he has main... Read full biography
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Keywords (24)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Photography as Fine Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Russia
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
- •Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Albuquerque, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Turkish
Exhibition of Museum
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art