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Synchronicity, Abstract Symbolism and the Use of Variations in Ayhan Menteş’ Visual Work

Cilt: 29 Sayı: 2 16 Kasım 2020
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Synchronicity, Abstract Symbolism and the Use of Variations in Ayhan Menteş’ Visual Work

Öz

The paper offers a monographic account on Turkish Cypriot artist Ayhan Menteş’ experimentation with abstraction, developed parallel to his ideas on creativity, which reinterprets and appropriates ancient and Anatolian symbols through contemporary techniques and compositions. Over 60 years, Menteş accumulated a range of mythologems, collected from ancient myths and symbols, which are cleverly integrated into a distinct form of abstract symbolism based on the notions of repetition, variation and synchronicity. Among the sea of repeated subjects and symbols, the symbol of the fish is highlighted as indicative of the close affinities between Menteş’ life-long interest in and exploration of the unconscious and his visual artistic production. The concept of synchronicity as discoursed by Swiss psychiatrist Carl G. Jung, also defined as ‘meaningful coincidences’, frames the paper’s theoretical approach. Taking up Jung’s emphasis on the significance of the simultaneity of events that are not causally linked; themes of chance, and the power of creative thought, are considered integral to Menteş’ approach to life and creative processes. Menteş’ work also reveals the wider reception of abstraction during the artist’s student years in Turkey and later life in Cyprus.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Destekleyen Kurum

Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi - Kıbrıs Araştırmaları Merkezi ; Arkin Yaratıcı Sanatlar ve Tasarım Üniversitesi

Teşekkür

Uzay Menteş, Asım Menteş, Zehra Şonya, Mehmet Ratip, Aytuğ Plümer

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

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Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

16 Kasım 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

5 Mayıs 2020

Kabul Tarihi

4 Eylül 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Cilt: 29 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Plümer Bardak, E. (2020). Synchronicity, Abstract Symbolism and the Use of Variations in Ayhan Menteş’ Visual Work. Sanat Tarihi Dergisi, 29(2), 783-805. https://doi.org/10.29135/std.732848
AMA
1.Plümer Bardak E. Synchronicity, Abstract Symbolism and the Use of Variations in Ayhan Menteş’ Visual Work. STD. 2020;29(2):783-805. doi:10.29135/std.732848
Chicago
Plümer Bardak, Esra. 2020. “Synchronicity, Abstract Symbolism and the Use of Variations in Ayhan Menteş’ Visual Work”. Sanat Tarihi Dergisi 29 (2): 783-805. https://doi.org/10.29135/std.732848.
EndNote
Plümer Bardak E (01 Kasım 2020) Synchronicity, Abstract Symbolism and the Use of Variations in Ayhan Menteş’ Visual Work. Sanat Tarihi Dergisi 29 2 783–805.
IEEE
[1]E. Plümer Bardak, “Synchronicity, Abstract Symbolism and the Use of Variations in Ayhan Menteş’ Visual Work”, STD, c. 29, sy 2, ss. 783–805, Kas. 2020, doi: 10.29135/std.732848.
ISNAD
Plümer Bardak, Esra. “Synchronicity, Abstract Symbolism and the Use of Variations in Ayhan Menteş’ Visual Work”. Sanat Tarihi Dergisi 29/2 (01 Kasım 2020): 783-805. https://doi.org/10.29135/std.732848.
JAMA
1.Plümer Bardak E. Synchronicity, Abstract Symbolism and the Use of Variations in Ayhan Menteş’ Visual Work. STD. 2020;29:783–805.
MLA
Plümer Bardak, Esra. “Synchronicity, Abstract Symbolism and the Use of Variations in Ayhan Menteş’ Visual Work”. Sanat Tarihi Dergisi, c. 29, sy 2, Kasım 2020, ss. 783-05, doi:10.29135/std.732848.
Vancouver
1.Esra Plümer Bardak. Synchronicity, Abstract Symbolism and the Use of Variations in Ayhan Menteş’ Visual Work. STD. 01 Kasım 2020;29(2):783-805. doi:10.29135/std.732848