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A work from the artist's 80s Paris period... Ömer Uluç's most sought-after period…
Between the Abstract and the Figure: Ömer Uluç, who examined the complex interconnectedness between the figurative and the abstract throughout his entire stylistic adventure, also focused on this problem on his Nigerian experience covering the years 1974-77 and finally on his Paris experiences in the 80s, where he continued his artistic career. When the relationship between figurative and abstract is considered in the context of the relationship between real and abstract images, it is still the previous years that coincide with the tense environment of the first figuration process in the efforts to find a solution to this problematic. In a conversation with Uluç in 1969, he described the local traditions, which he described as the complete opposite of the western painting tradition, as the transformation of a mass of color into a bird or flower, a geometric mass plastic into a figure, a drawing or text into a human face (New Magazine, 1969). Instead of creating the form by looking at nature, mobilizing an abstract design for common meaning goals. Thus, integrating with a logic that results in an image that is both figurative and abstract. The conditions for the realization of an imaginary design goal that could be contrasted with real design could be found in a sign scheme in which objects depicted through drawing, color or mass elements abstracted from the object were determined.
Sezer Tansuğ, “Ömer Uluç”, Galeri Nev Kitabevi, 2003, Page: 25, 26
Oil on paper pasted on canvas
57 x 43 cm
1986, signed
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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.
