New York / Turkey. Born 1938
Painting, actor, lithogoraphy, teaching
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Born 1958. Known for: Abstract faces, nudes, mixed-media, collage, human psyche themes.
Irfan Önürmen explores the impact of contemporary imagery on the human psyche. Through collage, painting and sculpture, Önürmen creates portraits that emerge from archives of images that he collects... Read full biography
Irfan Önürmen explores the impact of contemporary imagery on the human psyche. Through collage, painting and sculpture, Önürmen creates portraits that emerge from archives of images that he collects from newspapers, magazines, and social media. Developing his signature technique that he calls... Read full biography
Irfan Önürmen explores the impact of contemporary imagery on the human psyche. Through collage, painting and sculpture, Önürmen creates portraits that emerge from archives of images that he collects from newspapers, magazines, and social media. Developing his signature technique that he calls ‘pentulle’ since the late 1990s, Önürmen’s technical portraits reveal closely-cropped portraits through built-up layers of cut tulle and clear plastic. Irfan Önürmen’s Gaze Series gives way to... Read full biography
Irfan Önürmen explores the impact of contemporary imagery on the human psyche. Through collage, painting and sculpture, Önürmen creates portraits that emerge from archives of images that he collects from newspapers, magazines, and social media. Developing his signature technique that he calls ‘pentulle’ since the late 1990s, Önürmen’s technical portraits reveal closely-cropped portraits through built-up layers of cut tulle and clear plastic. Irfan Önürmen’s Gaze Series gives way to psychological and political readings as he depicts familiarlooking yet anonymous faces that are composites of images found on the internet. Examining the disparity between real identities and their online, virtual avatars, the works are constructed from layered... Read full biography
Irfan Önürmen explores the impact of contemporary imagery on the human psyche. Through collage, painting and sculpture, Önürmen creates portraits that emerge from archives of images that he collects from newspapers, magazines, and social media. Developing his signature technique that he calls ‘pentulle’ since the late 1990s, Önürmen’s technical portraits reveal closely-cropped portraits through built-up layers of cut tulle and clear plastic. Irfan Önürmen’s Gaze Series gives way to psychological and political readings as he depicts familiarlooking yet anonymous faces that are composites of images found on the internet. Examining the disparity between real identities and their online, virtual avatars, the works are constructed from layered strips of soft tulle—creating a texture that suggests digital pixels, and an effect reminiscent of Andy War... Read full biography
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Born 1978
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New York, Connecticut / Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Jordan. Born 1936
Abstract painting, printmaking
Iran, Islamic Republic of. Born 1933
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Egypt. 1897 - 1964
Egyptian culture painting-female figure, peasants, religion, landscape
Iran, Islamic Republic of. 1928 - 1980
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Turkey. 1911 - 1975
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Turkey, Jordan. 1901 - 1991
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Wall-inspired painting, abstraction, figural
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Syrian Arab Republic. 1934 - 1978
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Turkey. 1924 - 1981
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Impasto pop art painting and sculpture
Lebanon, France. 1926 - 1993
Abstract figurative and still life painting
Turkey, France. 1923 - 1995
Painting