Sanatçının işleri 4 Mayıs, 2012 tarihine kadar Galeri Espas’ta gösterimde olacaktır.
Galeri Espeas
Hüsrev Gerede Cad. Fırın Sok.
No:4/1 34365 Teşvikiye / İstanbul
T: +90 (212) 227 70 17
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“We Came Up With An Age Limit Just As An Excuse ”
Recep Batuk
April 21-May 4, 2012
Opening: April 21, 6-8pm
Galeri Espeas
Hüsrev Gerede Cad. Fırın Sok.
No:4/1 34365 Teşvikiye / İstanbul
T: +90 (212) 227 70 17
An exhibtion featuring Recep Batuk’s latest body of oild paintings entitled “We Came Up With An will go on view at Gallery Espas with an opening reception on April 21, 2012 at 6pm.
As colorful as their title, Batuk’s playful, humorous, sometimes sarcastic, always enjoyable compositions that make up the “We Came Up With An Age Limit Just As An Excuse” series reflect on the artists’ observations about the business side of art, and business side of everything in general, as convoluted and byzantine. The title derives from an inside joke in the art world, often used to maneuver around unwanted situations.
Fueled by the artists’ reaction against what he perceives as the self serving practice of some of the gate keepers in the art world, Batuk’s paintings incorporate curt elements within absurd, ironic and fantasy-like visual narratives. Many of his compositions are catalyzed by pop icons that embody various contradictions within themselves. Whether we’re looking at the shock rocker Marlyn Manson screaming with an ice cream cone in hand, Amy Winehouse in the company of two cherubs and diving into a heap of mince meat being blessed by the pope, Obama, Freddy Mercury and Mick Jagger jamming to the beat of the DJ playing music with a car tire, two players in full fencing gear attacking a giant fillet of salmon, Batuk’s paintings defeat any expectations of conformity to a cohesive sense of time, place and proportional harmony, masterfully juxtapose realistic, child-like and abstract visual elements and encourage viewers to snap out of the grind of everyday life and question their own reality.
“We Came Up With An Age Limit Just As An Excuse ” by Recep Batuk is on view at Gallery Espas 11am-7pm Monday through Saturday until May 4th, 2012.