UTKU DERVENT’İN SOYUT-GEOMETRİK RESİMLERİ ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME
A REVIEW ON UTKU DERVENT’S ABSTRACT GEOMETRIC WORKS

Summary/Abstract: Born in Istanbul in 1967, artist-academician Utku Dervent completed Proficiency in Arts programme at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in 2005. The artist who worked as an academician in various universities opened 8 solo exhibitions between the years of 2001-2008 with his abstract-geometric works created using various techniques. The objective of the study is to analyze Utku Dervent’s abstract geometric works in terms of form-meaning relation by building historical-stylistic relations. The sample of the study is simply the abstract geometric works that he created using different techniques. Literature review and historical-critical work review have been used as data collection tools in the study. The works have been reviewed by taking Dervent’s artistic process into consideration and making comparisons between them. They also have been analyzed by taking his artistic perspective and his own statements on the production process into consideration. It has been concluded that the works which, it seems, are grounded on the form-color-space relation were composed with a structural basis that is stemmed from a musical and symmetrical rhythm, and created with an experimental manner. It has been observed that the artist put conceptual entitles to some of his exhibitions and works, and the results obtained have been discussed in terms of concept-composition relation. It has been reviewed that Dervent has a genuine manner of expression and, in this regard, he is an exemplary artist who has an abstract geometric style in the 21st century Turkish Painting Art.

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