Fusun Onur

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Füsun Onur (born February 12, 1938 in Kuzguncuk , Istanbul ) is a Turkish installation artist .

life and work

Füsun Onur was trained at the Üsküdar American Lisesi until 1956 and then studied until 1960 at the Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi with Ali Hadi Bara (1906–1971).

Onur used a Fulbright scholarship to stay in America in 1962 . From 1963 to 1967 she studied sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art . Back in Istanbul, Onur worked freelance in her own studio.

“The insistence on the importance of individual experience and the use of everyday materials and found objects characterize the objects and environments of Füsun Onur from the beginning of the 1970s. Since then, the artist, born in Istanbul in 1938, has consistently created the fragile, often ephemeral furniture of her private mythology. Panes of glass, woolen threads, spun tulle, wooden scaffolding, clothes, chairs, boxes and balls are the materials from which she builds her ephemeral objects and sensory spaces of brittle poetry. "

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“(...) Only humans can perceive the double meaning of symbols. (...) Not using symbols causes a loss of tension in life and kills creativity. Then you are content with what can be seen in the picture or in the sculpture. This is a portrait, this is a still life, this is a landscape ... By labeling and categorizing the works, the works are placed in the list of friends. That causes a loss of meaning. Actually, the audience is there to increase the importance. Creative visitors also influence the artists. A dialogue should take place between artists and visitors. "

- Fusun Onur

Exhibitions (selection)

Awards

  • 1981 Second prize for the installation Resimde Üçüncü Boyut İçeri Gel , Istanbul
  • 2004 Honorary Award for the 50th anniversary of the International Art Critics Association, Turkey Section (AICA TR)

literature

  • Brehm, Margrit (editor): So close from a distance. Four artists from Turkey . Füsun Onur, Selda Asal, Elif Celebi, Günes Savas. From far away so close. Woman Artists from Turkey. (English / German) 2001 Baden-Baden, State Art Gallery

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dOCUMENTA (13). The accompanying book / The Guidebook. Catalog 3/3., Page 168, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-2954-3
  2. ↑ Galata Füsun Onur accessed on June 20, 2016 (English)
  3. ↑ Turkish Cultural Foundation Füsun Onur ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on June 20, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.turkishculture.org
  4. ↑ Staatliche kunsthalle baden-baden So close from a distance ( memento of the original from June 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on June 21, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunsthalle-baden-baden.de
  5. ↑ Istanbul Kadin Müzesi Füsun Onur First installation artist in Turkey , accessed on June 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, Hatice Utkan, July 15, 2014 Turkey's pioneer female artist's art and life at Arter accessed on June 21, 2016 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Onur, Fusun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish installation artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuzguncuk , Istanbul