Turkish Concept Art: Visually Well-Conceived and Powerful 'Installation'

Abstract

Conceptual Art arose in 1960s and has been an effective art approach until the end of 1980s. Within this subject, leading artists of this movement and their works have been mentioned. As one of the most effective names of Conceptual Art in Turkey, Cengiz Çekil’s art perception and works have been examined. Through his 45 years art career he never gravitated to the vanity and dynamics of the art community. His main objective has always been to witness the recent past and hand it down to the future through images. He has quite a few works which he has not been able to exhibit due to various reasons. Granted that his art is an intellectual process, he never regarded art as a materialistic medium. During the years he spent in Izmir both as an artist and as an academician, he trained a lot of artists and shared his perception of Conceptual Art with them. Cengiz Çekil is one the most significant and prominent artists in Turkish history of art.