Category: Art Actions
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Heads UP!
Blog reader, be(a)ware: Next week (god willing and the creek don’t rise) I’ll be launching an Indiegogo campaign to fund printing of a limited edition of ‘Art Fortunes’. For those of you who missed them, here (and here) are links to some posts explaining the ‘project’ (‘work’), which involves making collages and sharing interpretations of…
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Women in Art
The following pictures are from the installation titled ‘2000 Women’ from 2000 that featured 2000 drawings of naked women. The drawings were all copies of about 7 classic nude images from artists ranging from Reubens to Degas. After the exhibit, I thought that a better title might be ‘Backfired’. (unfortunately, best resolution I’ve got –…
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What’s Going On In My World
And the totals are in! OK, actually, I did not really do any quantitative data analysis – not in the spirit of fortunetelling, I don’t think; however, it did strike me as odd that the people who came to the Art Fortunetelling sessions (see here for details) kept turning up the same cards. What are…
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18 December in Ankara : International Migrants’ Day / Homesickness (?)
If you’re in Ankara, I’d love to see you… On the occasion of “18 ARALIK ULUSLARARASI GÖÇMENLER GÜNÜ”, the Bodrum Kaymakam’s Office invited me, along with 4 other ‘yabancı‘, to attend an evening event at the Vali Galip Demirel Vilayetler Evi / Gölbaşı-ANKARA. We’ll be showing off the contributions to society made by the Migrants…
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Look Into My Crystal Ball (…er, collage…)
It’s close to the end of another calendar year – what a better time to give a good once-over to the studio, getting all those papers in order… or at least clear off enough work space so that I can get back to work. First up: a watercolor drawing for the Emanetçiler web page. And…
Deborah Semel Demirtaş 