‎Painting‎

‎BEDRI BAYKAM, (1957-).‎

‎Les intrigues du Harem. Les prix couteux de la passion. Art director: Zuhal Üçüncü. Texts by Daghan Özdil, Ali Akay. [Artist catalogue].‎

‎New French Paperback. Folio. (33 x 24 cm). In French. 64 p., color ills. Les intrigues du Harem. Les prix couteux de la passion. Art director: Zuhal Üçüncü. Texts by Daghan Özdil, Ali Akay. [Artist catalogue].‎

‎ALTAN CELEM, (1969-).‎

‎Altan Celem. Edited by Dogan Paksoy. Texts by Emre Zeytinoglu. [Artist catalogue]. [LIMITED AND NUMBERED EDITION: 0019/1000).‎

‎New English Paperback. 4to. (29 x 25 cm). In English and Turkish. 131 p., color ills. Altan Celem. Edited by Dogan Paksoy. Texts by Emre Zeytinoglu. [Artist catalogue]. Printed to 1000 copies. This copy is no. 19: (0019 / 1000).‎

‎SELIM CEBECI, (1948-).‎

‎Selim Cebeci. 26 / 1. [Exhibition catalogue]. Edited by Filiz Özden.‎

‎New English Paperback. 4to. (29 x 23 cm). In English and Turkish. 63 p., color ills. Selim Cebeci. 26 / 1. [Exhibition catalogue]. Edited by Filiz Özden.‎

‎ABIDIN DINO, (1913-1993).‎

‎Abidin Dino. Aciyi çizmek.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (34 x 24 cm). In Turkish. [96] p., full page b/w plts. A gorgeous copy of this profusely illustrated collection of fascinating drawings by Abidin Dino of people in pain. Number of copies is limited to an edition of 1100 (600 in Turkish, 500 in English). Each volume is individually numbered. This edition is 452 no. (452 / 600). TURKISH PAINTING History of art Artist Collection.‎

‎BEDRI BAYKAM, (1957-)‎

‎Monkeys' right to paint and the Post-Duchamp crisis: The fight of a cultural guerilla for the rights of non-Western artists and the empty world of the neo-ready-mades. Edited by Frank Journal.‎

‎New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 319 p., b/w ills. Monkeys' right to paint and the Post-Duchamp crisis: The fight of a cultural guerilla for the rights of non-Western artists and the empty world of the neo-ready-mades. Edited by Frank Journal.‎

‎BURHAN UYGUR, (1940-1992).‎

‎Burhan Uygur. 14 Ekim-12 Kasim 1993. [Exhibition catalogue]. Prep. by Veysel Ugurlu. Text by Ahmet Oktay.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 48 p., color ills. Burhan Uygur. 14 Ekim-12 Kasim 1993. [Exhibition catalogue]. Prep. by Veysel Ugurlu. Text by Ahmet Oktay. 600 copies were printed.‎

‎Text by SEMIRAMIS SOKUL.‎

‎Selection from the Sabanci Art Collection.= Sabanci Resim Koleksiyonu'ndan seçmeler.‎

‎New English Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 48 p., color ills. Selection from the Sabanci Art Collection.= Sabanci Resim Koleksiyonu'ndan seçmeler. 2500 copies were printed.‎

‎HAYATI MISMAN, (1945-).‎

‎Hayati Misman. Özgün Baski Resim Sergisi. [Exhibition catalogue]. 3 Nisan-26 Nisan 1995, Parmakkapi Sanat Galerisi.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. Oblong large 8vo. (20 x 22 cm). In Turkish. [36] p., color ills. Hayati Misman. Özgün Baski Resim Sergisi. [Exhibition catalogue]. 3 Nisan-26 Nisan 1995, Parmakkapi Sanat Galerisi. Exhibition of original prints by Misman.‎

‎VLADIMIR GAZOVIC, KATARINA VAVROVA.‎

‎Vladimir Gazovic - Katarina Vavrova. 18 Kasim-2 Aralik 1997. [Exhibition catalogue].‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. Large 8vo. (24 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 40 p., color ills. Vladimir Gazovic - Katarina Vavrova. 18 Kasim-2 Aralik 1997. [Exhibition catalogue].‎

‎DAGHAN ÖZIL COLLECTION.‎

‎Typology of Turkish contemporary art from Daghan Özil Collection. Istanbul 2010 Project Culturel Centrum Hasselt. [Exhibition catalogue].‎

‎New English Original red cloth bdg. Folio. (30 x 25 cm). Edition in English. 117, [1] p., color ills. Typology of Turkish contemporary art from Daghan Özil Collection. Istanbul 2010 Project Culturel Centrum Hasselt. [Exhibition catalogue].‎

‎Curated by ANTONI MUNTADAS.‎

‎In between = Arada = Tra. [Exhbition catalogue]. Prep. by Ayse Orhun Gültekin.‎

‎New English Paperback. Large roy. 8vo. (23 x 18 cm). In English, Italian, and Turkish. 163 p., color and b/w photos. In between = Arada = Tra. [Exhbition catalogue]. Prep. by Ayse Orhun Gültekin. Twenty unreadable posters reflecting me that I've affixed at various locations in the city in order to communicate with the street. They were able to last for two days only, stuck between the publicity posters and Istanbul's fast changing pace. While the posters I've affixed on temporary panels or on anonymous walls also lasted for two days average, usually the people whose houses face that direction didn't want to see the posters and reacted. Additionally, these posters were collected by garbagemen the morning after. And the people passing by generally showed interest in the posters and tried to read them while questioning what they mean.‎

‎Edited by M. SIRIN CENGIZ.‎

‎The East whispers: Stories and legends from the East.‎

‎New English Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In English. [12], 136 p. A collection of Kurdish tales.‎

‎Prep. by ENGIN YENAL.‎

‎Turkey, as it was. Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm: A Swedish diplomat's Turkish portfolio in the 1820's.= Bir zamanlar Türkiye. Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm: Bir Isveç elçisinin 1820'lerdeki Türkiye albümü. [In special slip-case]. Introductions by Sture Theolin, Merit Lane. Translated by Robert Bragner.‎

‎New New English Original cloth bdg. Dust wrapper. Oblong folio. (33 x 47 cm). In English and Turkish. Full page color and b/w ills. 239, [1] p. "Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm (1790-1838) served as Sweden's ambassador to the Sublime Port between 1824 and 1827. Traveling throughout the Ottoman Empire, he produced about 250 paintings, covering a wide range of themes. This book presents about half of Löwenhielm's pictures, some selected from five sketch books, which are kept in the Uppsala University Library. Paintings kept in the Stockholm Museum of Fine Arts as well as in private collection are also included. Each picture is accompanied with written comments highlighting their documentary as well as artistic value. Through these almost two hundred years old pictures from the Ottoman Empire, now presented for the first time, the reader can catch a unique glimpse of "Turkey, as it was".".Contents: C. G. Löwenhielm: Officer, diplomat and artist.; Voyages of long ago: A Swedish diplomat's Turkish portfolio of drawings.; This diplomats 'par excellence.'; Reflections of the Past Turkey in the 1820's. List of ills.: Pera - The Swedish Embassy.; View of Topkapi Palace from the top floor of the Swedish Embassy.; Janissary Halil.; Ruins of the Russian Palace as seen from a window of the Swedish Embassy in Pera.; The French Embassy - Pera, 1825.; Pera (Beyoglu); Petit champs de morts (Tepebasi); The barracks of the artillery corps as seen from San Dimitri; Galata Tower; Tophane Mosque and Fountain; Pearl Kiosk; The ruins of Etmeydani 1826; The Palace of Belisarius etc.‎

‎TÜLIN ONAT, (Turkish female artist), (1946-).‎

‎[ORIGINAL PAINTING / MODERN TURKISH PAINTRESS / IMAGE OF A WOMAN] Oil on canvas. Unnamed. [Woman].‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original oil on canvas with a grey frame. Signed by artist "T. Onat, [1]980". One of her early paintings depicting of a woman in abstract form, mostly with green tones. A fine oil on canvas. Prof. Tülin Onat was born in Istanbul in 1946. She graduated from the Department of Advanced Painting at Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy (Mimar Sinan University) in 1970. She studied with Prof. Adnan Çoker, Prof. Zeki Faik Izer and Prof. Özdemir Altan. She continued her master's degree at her alma mater between 1970 and 1971. In 1973, she was given a scholarship by the Austrian Government to study at the Salzburg Internationale Sommer Academie für Bildende Kunst. In 1977, she began teaching at Marmara University. She completed her doctoral degree with proficiency arts at Marmara University in 1985. Onat became an Associate Professor in 1990. Between 1967 and 1993, she researched painting and arts in museums and galleries in Europe. In 1987, Onat established Derimod Culture Centre with Hasan Yelmen and realized retrospective exhibitions. She has had many solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. As of today, Onat continues to teach at Marmara University.‎

‎TAHA TOROS.‎

‎The first lady artists of Turkey.= Ilk kadin ressamlarimiz. Translated into English by Adair Mill.‎

‎As New As New English Paperback. Dust wrapper. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 86, [1] p., color and b/w ills. The first lady artists of Turkey.= Ilk kadin ressamlarimiz. Translated into English by Adair Mill. This work, which includes interesting biographical information and good examples of the work of the first Turkish female artists is intended to be a reference book on this subject. Contents: The first female artists of Turkey.; Mihri Hanim.; Müfide KAdri Hanim.; Celile Hanim.; Vildan Gizer.; Emine Fuat Tugay.; Naciye Tevfik and Meliha Zâfir Yenerden.;Fine Arts School for Girls.; Müzdan Arel.; First students of "Inas Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi".; Nazli Ecevit.; Güzein Duran.; Melek Celal Sofu.; Fahrünnisa Zeyd.; Belkis Hanim.; Sabiha Bozcali.; Hâle Asaf...‎

‎NEJAD [MELIH] DEVRIM, (1923-1995).‎

‎Nejad Devrim. Texts by Burcu Pelvanoglu. Edited by Haldun Dostoglu, Serra Karapinar Yentürk.‎

‎New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. In special box. 4to. (32 x 25 cm). In English and Turkish. 319 p., color ills. Nejad Devrim. Texts by Burcu Pelvanoglu. Edited by Haldun Dostoglu, Serra Karapinar Yentürk. Nejad Devrim is one of the prominent Turkish artists who spent a significant period of his career in Paris. He is a painter who flourished in the libertarian atmosphere of Paris where artistic practice was fuelled by an atmosphere open to criticism. His aim was different than the previous generation of Turkish intellectuals who came to Paris for a Western education only to replicate it in Turkey. Devrim was part of a generation who constituted the first modernists of Turkey. His works were contemporaneous to modernist artists of his period and looked to actively participate in the European art scene. He abandoned the figurative compositions that he commenced in Istanbul and produced works that would later be identified as the masterpieces of Turkish abstract art. He established a genuine place in the European art scene by carrying the multi-colored compositions of Byzantine mosaics to his works. Devrim is recognized as the most important representer of geometrical and lyrical abstraction in Turkish history of art. As a Lyrical Abstract artist, Nejad Devrim believed that nature should not be imitated, but rather its meaning explored. He depicted what he found in lyrically expressive paintings in which color is used as a powerful compositional element. He regarded his paintings as places in which chance encounters and unknowns might be discovered. (Source: Galeri Nev).‎

‎GARO KÜRKMAN.‎

‎Armenian painters in the Ottoman Empire. 2 volumes set.‎

‎New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. In the original slipcase. Folio. (33 x 24 cm). Edition in English. 2 volumes set: (988 p.), 1600 color ills. and many plates. This lavishly illustrated, deeply researched, two volume collection is the outcome of 15 years of exploration into Armenian painters, both amateur and professional, who were born in the Ottoman Empire. The book contains condensed biographies of artists, even those for whom it was impossible to find any existing paintings. It also features several paintings for which no biographical information on the artist could be found. The collection features extensive study of the styles and signatures used by the painters, who were all born in the Ottoman Empire but ended up scattered throughout the world. The author made efforts to contact the artists' families when possibly, sought information in church records and obituaries, and explored the archives of Armenian and Ottoman Turkish newspapers. The books include details on roughly 450 Armenian painters born in the Ottoman Empire from the 17th century until 1923. A true labor of love, this work's collection of glorious color photographs brings to life the skilled Armenian artists who once populated modern day Turkey. This is a treasure of information and beauty collected in one beautiful, boxed, two-book set. By the same researcher and author who produced the wonderfully detailed books Anatolian Weights and Measures and Ottoman Silver Marks.‎

‎ESER ÇAMURDAN, KEVSER GÜLER, BANU ATÇA (Curated by).‎

‎Coulisse: Hagop Ayvaz, a chronicler of theater.= Kulis: Bir tiyatro bellegi Hagop Ayvaz. [Exhibition catalogue]. Introduction: Esen Çamurdan, Dikmen Gürün, Nesim Ovadya Izrail, Karin Karakasli. Edited by Fisun Yalçinkaya.‎

‎New English Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 172 p., b/w and color ills. The exhibition 'Coulisse: Hagop Ayvaz, A Chronicler of Theater' has been brought to life by the guidance of Hrant Dink Foundation with the collaboration of the Theatre Foundation of Turkey and Yapi Kredi Culture, Arts and Publishing with the support of the Chrest Foundation, Consulate General of the Kingdom of Netherlands, the French Embassy and Civil Rights Defenders will be open to visitors from 15th of December 2020 to 21st of February 2021. The exhibition will be welcoming visitors from 15th of December 2020 until 21st of February 2021 has been prepared by the guidance of Hrant Dink Foundation with the collaboration of the Theatre Foundation of Turkey and Yapi Kredi Culture, Arts and Publishing begins with the personal theatre archive of an Istanbulite theater player and publisher Hagop Ayvaz (1911-2006), to shed light on theater history of Turkey within the context of collective memory, identity and space. After the death of Hagop Ayvaz in 2006, the archive was donated to the Agos newspaper and then to Hrant Dink Foundation, composed of nearly 600 manuscripts and printed texts, over 500 periodicals, magazines and brochures in Armenian and Turkish languages, magazines and brochures, as well as about 12 thousand visual materials including photographs, posters, caricatures, clippings, invitations, drawings and postcards. In 2019, with the donation of some of the personal belongings of Ayvaz, the awards he has received, and a complete collection of the 1104 issues of "Kulis", the culture and arts magazine in Armenian language he has published from 1946 to 1996 to Hrant Dink Foundation, the archive was further completed. Over the years, Hrant Dink Foundation created a catalogue for the archive and digitalized it, and this online archive will be to researchers simultaneously with the opening of the "Coulisse: Hagop Ayvaz, A Chronicler of Theater" exhibition. Constituting the basis of the exhibition, the Hagop Ayvaz archive encompasses a wide range of original materials about theater players, companies and venues in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey remaining from the mid-19th century up until today. Hagop Ayvaz used the words "my paradise" to describe his study room composed of books, magazines, posters and photographs that he had collected since his youth; this tender metaphor also gives us hints about the possible links that can be established between his passion, namely theater, archives and collective memory. The exhibition offers a selection of the photographs, magazines, manuscripts and printed texts from the archive, divided into three main parts. The first part presents the theater production and activities in Istanbul in Armenian, in parallel to the lifetime of Hagop Ayvaz, a devotee of theater since his youth-from being a walker on to a director, from being a columnist to a publisher. The second part touchs upon the impact of the "Kulis" magazine within and outside of Turkey published by Ayvaz from 1946 to 1996, in line with the major artistic and political developments within this framework. The final section focuses various artists, companies, plays and venues which constituted the cornerstones of the theater history of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, inviting the visitors to explore the linkage between them all so as to rediscover the history of theater in Turkey. The catalogue which has the same name with the exhibition has also been prepared in both English and Turkish by Yapi Kredi Culture, Arts and Publishing, not only invites the visitors to the "coulisse" of Hagop Ayvaz's endeavors, but also allows the visitors to discover the theatre of history of Turkey from a pluralistic perspective. The exhibition reminds the visitors the place and importance of arts and culture in the culture of arts and culture in the culture of living together, the "coulisse" that was built up by devotion and sustained by commitment and solidarity.‎

‎FERRUH BASAGA, (Turkish painter), (1914-2010).‎

‎Ferruh Basaga: Sanatta 65 yil. [Exhibition catalogue]. 15 Subat - 31 Mart 2001. Preface by Ilknur Ersöz. Text by Ahmet Kamil Gören.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (27 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 94, [2] p., color and b/w ills. 1500 copies were printed. This exhibition catalogue prepared for the Ferruh Basga Exhibition held on February 15 - March 31, 2001 at Galeri Binyil in Istanbul, is one of the best references for Ferruh Basaga (1914-2010) and his paintings and art. Introduction; Text by Ahmet Kamil Gören (pp. 7-44); exhibition (fully color ills.) (pp. 45-84) and biography of the painter (pp. 85-94).‎

‎MEHMET GÜLERYÜZ, (Turkish painter), (1938-).‎

‎Mehmet Güleryüz. With one's eyes open.= Göz göre göre. 07.03-27.04.2013 [Exhibition catalogue]. Preface by Nan Freeman.‎

‎New English Paperback. Large demy 8vo. (21 x 16,5 cm). In English and Turkish. [48] p., color ills. "Güleryüz's art is addressed to a broad audience; he assumes alert, self-aware and participatory viewers conversant in general with artistic forms, but more important, engaged with issues of society and life itself. Although he is thoroughly a member of his profession, he does not practice an art whose primary reference is to art world itself, to the context of historical avantgardism, or to specialty issues pertaining to art alone... He does not worry about being modern, he worries about being true; because of his engagement with the conditions and concerns of his time he is by definition a man of his times, and modern therefore but not because of a separate ideological art." (Text of Nan Freeman).‎

‎Curated by HÜSEYIN KUTAN, NIL BAYDAR.‎

‎The Holy Message: Exhibition of Qur'anic Manuscripts.= Kutsal Risalet: Yazma Mushaf Sergisi [Exhibition catalogue].‎

‎New English Paperback. 4to. (28 x 24 cm). In English, Turkish, and Arabic. 198 p., color ills. "The Holy Message Exhibition of Qur'anic Manuscripts" will be open to visits throughout the month of Ramadan, when the Prophet received the first verses of the Qur'an and assumed his post as the holy messenger. In the exibition, where also the sanjak (flag) mushafs will be exhibited along with the large-sized Mushaf al-Sherifs, more than 70 manuscripts will be displayed. The manuscripts will also be elucidated for the visitors by information boards mounted along their display where, apart from their historical and artistic value, also the pigments used in their illumination and ornamentation, covering techniques, and details on their prior reparations which cannot be immediately recognized by an untrained eye. In the exhibition, alongside the Korans, all of which are masterpieces prepared by Ottoman calligraphers (hattat) and painters (nakkas), the Mushafs with Kufic strips from different periods such as: Abbasids, Seljuks, Ilkhanids, Gaznavids, Safavids, and Mamluks; as well as from different regions such as India and the Maghreb that has never been exhibited before will be put to display. The notable artefacts of the exhibit are the Mushaf al-Sherif donated by Mehmed the Conqueror, the Mushaf al-Sherif written down with gold ink for Özbeg Khan, and particularly the 12 centuries old ancient Mushaf al-Sherif registred in the Nuruosmaniye Mosque inventory, which was written with a Kufic gold-inscribed calligraphy on a parchement at a time when paper was not commonly used in the Islamic World.‎

‎FRANCO GERVASIO.‎

‎Franco Gervasio. Lights in landscapes. [Exhibiton catalogue]. Curated and texts by Ahmet Kamil Gören, Luigi Cerutti, Alessandro Ubertis. Translated by Esin Gören, Raffaella Lincesso.‎

‎New English Paperback. Large 8vo. (22 x 21 cm). In Italian, English and Turkish. 72 p., color ills. Franco Gervasio's first verified exhibition was "Franco Gervasio - Lights In Landscapes - from Italian abstracts Landscapes to Istanbul lights at Galeri Artist - Istanbul" in Istanbul in 2008, and the most recent exhibition was Franco Gervasio - Places of the soul at Casa del Mantegna in Mantova in 2015. Franco Gervasio is most frequently exhibited in Italy, but also had exhibitions in Turkey. Gervasio has at least two solo shows and one group show over the last 7 years. A notable show was Franco Gervasio - Lights In Landscapes - from Italian abstracts Landscapes to Istambul lights at Galeri Artist - Istanbul in Istanbul in 2008. Other notable shows were at Casa del Mantegna in Mantova and Fiere di Parma in Parma. Franco Gervasio has been exhibited with Patricio Reig and Andrea Giovannini. (Artfacts). One of printed 1000 copies. "Alla ricerca della luce della natura": L'avventura artistica di Franco Gervasio.‎

‎TERRY SONMAN.‎

‎Kont Amadeo Preziosi: Bir ressamin seyir defteri, 1855. + Album: Voyage Amadeo Preziosi, 1855.‎

‎New Turkish Original bdg. HC. in special black cloth. Folio. (38 x 30 cm). In Turkish. 142, [1] p., color and b/w ills. + Album in 47 leaves. Count Amadeo Preziosi. An artist's journey from Istanbul to London 1855.: Preziosi was an Orientalist painter who was passionately in love with the Bosphorus and worked in watercolour and pen and ink. Amadeo Preziosi's paintings were exhibited in Paris and London in 1858, 1863 and 1867. For some years he was court painter to Sultan Abdul Hamid II, and today examples can be seen in the Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Topkapi Palace, the Naval Museum and several private collections.‎

‎HÜSEYIN AVNI LIFIJ, (Turkish painter), (1886-1927).‎

‎Hüseyin Avni Lifij, (1886-1927). [Exhibition catalogue]. Edited by Veysel Ugurlu. Text by Ahmet Kamil Gören + Exhibition brochure.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (28 x 23 cm). In Turkish. [75], [12] p., color and b/w ills. Hüseyin Avni Lifij, (18886-1927). [Exhibition catalogue]. Edited by Veysel Ugurlu. Text by Ahmet Kamil Gören + Exhibition brochure.‎

‎NES'E ERDOK, (Turkish female artist), (1940-).‎

‎Nes'e Erdok. [Exhibition catalogue]. Edited by Veysel Ugurlu. Text by Mehmet Ergüven.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (28 x 23 cm). In Turkish. 76 p., color ills. Nes'e Erdok. [Exhibition catalogue]. Edited by Veysel Ugurlu. Text by Mehmet Ergüven.‎