Anna Laudel Contemporary hosts “Un-Weave” Exhibition by the renowned artist Belkıs Balpınar, it started in 26th of April, but will stay until the 10th of June. Balpınar has pioneered the art of weaving in Turkey and considered to be one of the most inventive practitioners of the “art-kilim” medium within and beyond Turkey’s borders.
This solo exhibition is taking place on three floors, bringing together Balpınar’s unique weaving techniques with inspiring scientific themes of physics and astronomy.
From the Organizer
Belkıs Balpınar is known to be the first name in Turkey to produce contemporary art works by using traditional weaving techniques. She has been producing works using the traditional rug texture inspired by scientific themes including different spatial planes; microcosm – macrocosm; quantum physics and galaxies. These themes are also her subject of study, she expresses that the books she has been reading in the field of physics and astronomy have been the main sources of her inspiration. Balpınar also investigates the theoretical and practical aspects of perception and imperception both as a scholar and an artist.
Balpınar treats the forms she is creating on the rug texture as a reflection of the movements in the space and gives depth to her works by adding motifs on plain rug warps. Her motifs touch upon the relationship between space and the unlimited aspect of shadows which also adds dimension to her works. The artist states that, Albert Einstein’s theory which claims the existence of the fourth dimension through planes of space and time has had a great effect on herself and her production. Thus, she produces works reflecting the contribution of science to arts and culture.
Today, there are many internationally recognised textile artists across the world including countries where there is no tradition of textile. On the contrary, Turkey is one of the centres for textile-weaving which is known with its tradition of characteristic rugs and kilims. Still, the application of weaving doesn’t reflect on the field of contemporary art. In this regard, Balpınar is one of the prominent figures of this field who has developed and applied modern ideas to various weaving techniques. Over the years, she has created a new technique of weaving which she calls “un-weaving”, it means weaving the first plane and leaving the background untouched. By this way she discovered that the forms existing in space are better expressed and also it creates a three-dimensional pictorial plane that can be seen as a form of woven painting.
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