TUBULAR SHELLS DISCARDED OBJECTS AND FORMAL STABILITY By Adrian Martinez “….In his recent paintings Adem Genc illustrates wrinkled, sharp-grooved surfaces with vaguely organic associations and smooth cylindrical rods, or perhaps “tubular shells” without resorting to academic illusionism. The latter usually dominate the painting and give it a formal stability. On the other hand the dramatic…

Turkish painting during the last thirty years, explicitly since the implosion of East Germany, witnessed the most momentous expansion in its history under the influence of the global/foundering postmodern democracy. Many artist have nicely adopted those sprouting trends and movements without any individual effort but a few persisted to continue working on their own stance…

Summary: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the structure and the consequences of practise of The Arts and Crafts Teachers’ Training Programme which was design some years ago in connection with The Reconstitution of Faculty of Education Programmes in Turkey. It is an attempt to arrive a more rational and updated teaching strategy…

  Prof. Dr. Adem Genç (*) Abstract: “Intertextuality in painting” refers to far more than the influences of painters on each other. Rather, it is primarily associated with certain artists who deliberately adopt, inherit or take over iconic subject matters from the famous masters of the past. This paper presents an innovative approach to representational…

A Assessment of The Value of Including Conceptual Art in The Arts and Crafts Teacherís Training Curriculum in Turkey Summary: This paper is an attempt to consider the essential nature of Conceptual Art in The Undergraduate   Programme of Arts and Crafts Teacherís Training   Education Curriculum in The Higher Education System in Turkey. The…

Die Künstler, die sich vor jeder die plastischen Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten einschraenkenden Situation hüten, sowie davor, Gefahr zu laufen, der rohen, ungeschliffenen Schönheit des Natürlichen zu verfallen öder andere ihr zuzuführen, bevorzugen es, abstrakte Formen zu benutzen anstatt von Formen, die konkrete Assoziierungen hervorrufen würden. Vielmehr als das, was dargestellt wird, gelten die Art und Weise wie…

Meaningless work is obviously the monst important and significant art form today. The aesthetic feeling given by meaningless work cannot bedescribed exatly because it varies with each individual donig work. Meaningless work is honest. Meaningless work will be enjoyed and hated by intellectuals -though they should understand it. Meaningless work can not be sold in…

Abstract painting can easily be misunderstood when and if  it’s essential substances are confused. In this paper, I shall make an effort at renewal in re-constructing thoughts and ideas of discovering what the essential substances are in abstract or non representational painting. What is the social function of abstract art? The question of this sort…