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Ömer Uluç ( 1931 - 2010 )

Ömer Uluç ( 1931 - 2010 )

Uluç was born in Istanbul, in 1931. He started his painting studies in Nuri Iyem Studio (Attic Artists). He first studied Engineering and then Painting in USA; Texas, Boston and New York. He had his first solo exhibition in Boston Earl Pilgrim Gallery in 1955. He conducted research on Art in Paris, USA, Mexico, and Nigeria. His paintings are hiding hidden figurative formations, are based on the his own brushing technique and has a unique aesthetic expression. He was able to carry the creatures in his figurative abstract paintings into sculptures. According to Uluç, every phenomenon that preserves energy is contemporary.

For him, this togetherness of paintings, sculptures and visual objects and their creation processes, create some precise momentums. New constructions, phenomenons, regroupings and installations are emerging from this togetherness and mark their existences. In 1988, Uluç started to design his paintings using multiple canvases and with even bolder brush strokes. Starting from early 90’s, he produced multi canvas paintings that he named as “corbeled”. These paintings were influenced by collage technic and they were carrying the subject to out of the boundaries of its canvas. While late 90’s, Uluç started to produce sculptures with a similar style of his paintings with spiral color balls. While he was using thick robes as a material in the beginning, he began to use big hoses afterwards. Uluç also placed these sculptures in front of his paintings to create unusual installations. Uluç is one of the leading members of his generation in Turkish Contemporary Art.

His works are included in both many Turkish and international museums and private collections. Uluç is also one of the first Turkish contemporary artists who exhibited his art with worldwide known galleries in international contemporary art fairs. Uluç passed away in Istanbul in 2010.