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Gazi Sansoy
The Secret of BeautyTurkish artist Gazi Sansoy has been fascinated by the portraits of the renaissance for many years.The elegant Simonetta Vespucci from Florence was seen as the embodiment of… Read more
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La belle ferronnière
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La belle ferronnière
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Ingres's La Grande Odalisque
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Ingres's La Grande Odalisque
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The birth of Venus
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The birth of Venus
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The three Graces
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The three Graces
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Mona Lisa
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Mona Lisa
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Flora and Zephyr
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Flora and Zephyr
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Hat Portrait
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Hat Portrait
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Lucretia
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Lucretia
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Blue Portrait
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Blue Portrait
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Pink Portrait
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Pink Portrait
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Background Information about Gazi Sansoy
Introduction
The Secret of Beauty
Turkish artist Gazi Sansoy has been fascinated by the portraits of the renaissance for many years.
The elegant Simonetta Vespucci from Florence was seen as the embodiment of Italian beauty during this period, and was painted by some of the most famous artists of the era. Sandro Botticelli, for example, declared her to be his muse and glorified her as the Roman goddess Venus. Piero di Cosimo portrayed her as Cleopatra wearing a necklace of snakes. Her depiction was therefore more through idealistic images than realistic portraits, and she became the source of myth and fantasy. The Italians named here “Regina della belezza”: Queen of beauty.
Is beauty merely an illusion? Gazi Sansoy provokes the viewer with a deceptive transformation of our optical frames of reference. He replaces the feminine lines of his subject’s faces with powerful areas of colour. Only the form of the female figure remains, with its now secretive appearance. The solemnly clothed body provides the ideal cover as we search longingly for that perfect beauty.
The result is a surface that can be used for plays on emotion and colour. We do not see what we are looking for, but rather what we dream of. Through their reproduction and colourful transformation, the well-known muses take on a new, heavily deceptive presence, one that is full of surprises. The image space is now free for someone else to occupy, someone the viewers can find themselves.
Gazi Sansoy describes himself as both a painter and “visitor” to his images. For his unique artistic experiment he has taken over an entire epoch, lacing it with new meaning. The palette of the 15th Century, styled in natural tones, meets the glaring colours of pop art. A time window emerges, through which we look deep into a vacuum of adventure.
Christina Wendenburg
Turkish artist Gazi Sansoy has been fascinated by the portraits of the renaissance for many years.
The elegant Simonetta Vespucci from Florence was seen as the embodiment of Italian beauty during this period, and was painted by some of the most famous artists of the era. Sandro Botticelli, for example, declared her to be his muse and glorified her as the Roman goddess Venus. Piero di Cosimo portrayed her as Cleopatra wearing a necklace of snakes. Her depiction was therefore more through idealistic images than realistic portraits, and she became the source of myth and fantasy. The Italians named here “Regina della belezza”: Queen of beauty.
Is beauty merely an illusion? Gazi Sansoy provokes the viewer with a deceptive transformation of our optical frames of reference. He replaces the feminine lines of his subject’s faces with powerful areas of colour. Only the form of the female figure remains, with its now secretive appearance. The solemnly clothed body provides the ideal cover as we search longingly for that perfect beauty.
The result is a surface that can be used for plays on emotion and colour. We do not see what we are looking for, but rather what we dream of. Through their reproduction and colourful transformation, the well-known muses take on a new, heavily deceptive presence, one that is full of surprises. The image space is now free for someone else to occupy, someone the viewers can find themselves.
Gazi Sansoy describes himself as both a painter and “visitor” to his images. For his unique artistic experiment he has taken over an entire epoch, lacing it with new meaning. The palette of the 15th Century, styled in natural tones, meets the glaring colours of pop art. A time window emerges, through which we look deep into a vacuum of adventure.
Christina Wendenburg
Bio
1968 | Born in Istanbul, Turkey |
1989-1993 | Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Graphics, Marmara University, Turkey |
1993-1996 | Master degree |
2007-2015 | Founding and managing of Utopya Platform Art Gallery |
Since 2009 | Works in Kızıltoprak in his own atelier, Istanbul, Turkey |
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2018 | EPOCHS Anna Laudel Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey |
2016 | Dreamers, Platform A Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey |
2014 | POP!, Gallery İlayda, Zorlu Center, Istanbul, Turkey |
2013 | Who We Are, İlayda Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey |
2012 | No Name Silhouettes, Art 350, Istanbul, Turkey |
2011 | Faceless, İlayda Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey |
2010 | Miniature Pop Series 2010 – Gazi Sansoy, Studio Exhibition (Online Exhibition) |
Miniature Pop 2010″ – Gazi Sansoy, Contemporary Istanbul 2010, Utopia Platform (Online Exhibition) | |
2004/2005/2006 | Gallery Artist, Cukurcuma, Istanbul, Turkey |
2004 | Taksim Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey |
2001 | Galetea Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey |
1997 | Çırağan Hotel Kempinsky, Istanbul, Turkey |
1995 | Sculpture Stıudio Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey |
Group Exhibitions
2017 | Past meets Present, Anna Laudel Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey |
2017 | Contemporary İstanbul, Anna Laudel Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey |
2012 | Contemporary İstanbul, Gallery Linart, Istanbul, Turkey |
2010 | GÖÇEBE Bağımsız Sanatçı İnsiyatifi, İstanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey |
2009 | Contemporary Istanbul, Ütopya Paltform Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey |
Contemporary Turkish Print Artists, Engraving Exhibition, Technohoros Gallery, Athens, Greece | |
2008 | Ütopya Paltform Art Gallery, Contemporaray Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey |
2007 | Ütopya Paltform Art Gallery, ArtIstanbul Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey |
2006 | 32nd DYO Painting Competition Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey |
2005 | Association of Chemist, 50th Anniversary Photograph and Painting Competition, Ankara, Turkey |
State Painting Exhibition, Ankara, Turkey | |
From Our and From Their, Gallery Tem, Istanbul, Turkey | |
2004 | Art Istanbul, Gallery Artist Çukurcuma Standı, Istanbul, Turkey |
2003 | Küyad Art Gallery, Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey |
State Painting Exhibition, Ankara, Turkey | |
2000/2001/2002 | From Our and From Their, Gallery Tem, Istanbul, Turkey |
1999 | State Painting Exhibition, Ankara, Turkey |
Turkcell Painting Competition Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey | |
1997/1998 | Caccho Zanchi Art Gallery, Belgium |
1996 | Austrian Culture Center, Tarabya, Istanbul, Turkey |
1994/1995 | State Original Print Exhibition, Ankara, Turkey |
1994 | Sculpture Stıudio Gallery, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Turkey |
1993 | BP Young Artist Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey |
Kocaeli Municipality Painting Exhibition, Turkey | |
French Culture Center, Istanbul, Turkey | |
1992 | Kadıköy Caddebostan Culture Center, Istanbul, Turkey |
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