Ahmet Oran
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 100 × 120 cm
- Viewing
- At the showroom — by appointment
Upon a ground of dark plum and black, fields of magenta and mint green blur into one another through vertical passages of dragged paint. Broad diagonal bands of matte gold-ochre divide the surface; across them appear flashes of yellow, orange and points of pale blue. Throughout the composition, fine broken lines — opened by scraping into the paint while wet — advance like a web, lending the surface a layered depth. The work is presented in its silver floater frame.
About the Artist
Ahmet Oran (b. 1957, Çanakkale) began his training in the studio of Adnan Çoker at the İstanbul State Academy of Fine Arts; from 1980 he studied with Carl Unger at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, completing his education in the studio of Adolf Frohner and receiving his diploma in 1987. For many years he has worked without brushes, laying paint down in successive layers and scraping into it with spatulas of varying width — and at times with slender twigs — to build webbed, richly textured surfaces. He continues to work between Istanbul and Vienna.
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