Arzu Arslan’ın “Sonsuz Güneş – Sentez” isimli seramik sergisi Ankara’da Türk Amerikan Derneğinde 25 Nisan 2022 tarihine kadar izlenebilir. 2010 yılından bu yana seramik sanatıyla profesyonel olarak ilgilenen Arzu Arslan sergisiyle ilgili kaleme aldığı manifestosunda şu cümlelere yer veriyor: “ Bir çok uygarlığa ev sahipliği yapmış medeniyetler beşiği Anadolu, binlerce yıllık tarihiyle günümüz sanatına ve sanatçısına ilham vermeye devam ediyor. Anadolu’da binlerce yıldır devam eden çömlekçilik, evriliyor, klasik sanatlar modern sanatlara göz kırpıyor. Sentez, bu konseptin açığa çıkışı, evrilişi, aynı zamanda devrimleşmesi anlayışını da doğuruyor. Sentez, Klasik İznik seramiklerinin 21.yy dünya seramiklerine adaptasyon çabasıdır. Köklerimizden gelen birikimlerin, Anadolu kültür ve ritüelleriyle kaynaşması ve dünyaya entegre olma yolculuğunun ilk safhasıdır.
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| Arzu Arslan, Fes. |
Bedenimi, gözlerimi, ruhumu ve güzel Türkçe’mizi veren kültürümün ve ülkemin bir parçasıyım. Biz biriz.
Hep yukarı bakarız. İnsanlar yukarıya bakmak için doğmuşlardır. Sonsuz güneşin sonsuz koşusunu yaptığı yere. Yıldızımız bizden çok önce vardı ve hepimiz gittiğimizde de parlayacak.
Esnek kili ellerimde tutuyorum ve ondan ne yapacağımı düşünüyorum. Zarif bir vazo mu? Yoksa basit bir tabak mı? Önemli değil. Eserlerime ruhumun sıcaklığını ve ellerimin ustalığını koymak istiyorum. Yarattığım her nesneye göğsümde yanan küçük güneşimden bir parça koymak istiyorum. Üstümüzde parlayan yıldız gibi sonsuz bir güneş değilim. Ama çalışmalarım aracılığıyla ışık ve sıcaklık vermek istiyorum. Elimden geldiğince.”
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| Arzu Arslan, Rumi Trio. |
Eternal sun – Synthesis Manifest by Arzu Arslan
Anatolia, the cradle of civilizations that has hosted many civilizations, continues to inspire today’s art and artists with its thousands of years of history. Pottery, which has been going on for thousands of years in Anatolia, is evolving, classical arts winking at modern arts. The emergence of this concept in the synthesis gives rise to the understanding of evolution as well as the revolution. Synthesis is an effort to adapt Classical Iznik ceramics to the world ceramics of the 21st century. It is the first stage of the journey of merging the accumulations from our roots with Anatolian culture and rituals and integrating with the world.
I feel like part of my culture and part of my country, which gave me a language, my body, my eyes and my soul. We are one. We always look up. People were born to look up. Where’s eternal sun makes its endless run. Our star was long before us and will shine when all of us are gone.
I clutch the pliable clay in my hands and think about what I will make of it. Elegant vase? Or a simple dish? It does not matter. I want to put the warmth of my soul and the mastery of my hands to my works of art. I want to put a piece of my little sun burning in my chest into every object that I create. I am not such an endless sun as the star that shines above us. But I want to give light and warmth through my works. For as long as I can. (Arzu Arslan).
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| Arzu Arslan, Day And Night. |
ARZU ARSLAN KİMDİR?
Born in 14th of January 1975 in Ankara, Turkey. After graduated from Yukselis College in 1993, she studied Business Administration in Anatolia University – Eskisehir. She graduated in 1998 and started her finance career at Akbank this year. For 10 years she worked in various departments. She quited her finance career in 2008. Since 2010 she has been attending to State’s various art courses such as ceramics and Traditional Turkish Ceramic Art: Çini, also she has got private lessons from çini artists. She is participating in art auctions in Turkey in wellknown art galleries.
PROJECTS & EXHIBITIONS
2022 Solo exhibition – Eternal Sun – Synthesis / Sonsuz Güneş – Sentez Turkish American Association, Ankara, Turkey 5th-25th April 2022
2021 Attended to Group Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, Apollon D’art Gallery on 18th December 2021
2021 Attended to Love In Art virtual exhibition, by Pepney Gallery – Ireland, 11th December 2021
2021 Attended to National Day of Turkey online exhibition, Gallery Punto, Turkey, 29th October 2021
2021 Interview with Mecmua Istanbul, 22nd October 2021
2021 Attended to Lost & Found online exhibition, by Vacant Museum, 20 August 2021
2021 Attended to Women’s Day Online Exhibition, 8th March 2021, Antalya Municipality, Turkey
2021 Honorable Mention – 2nd “Solo Exhibition & Group Exhibition” Online Art Competition, 27th January 2021, Albe Art Gallery, United Arab Emirates
2021 Attended to online exhibition Nef-es (breath) 5th January – 17th February 2021, Akeramos Art Gallery, Bursa, Turkey
2020 Attended to online exhibition Open Minded 15th November 2020, represented by Albe Art Gallery (United Arab Emirates)
2020 Finalist in The Brick Lane Gallery London opencall for artists, selected from 40,7K artists all around the world (5th october 2020)
2020 Attended to the PortArt &TEV (Turkish Education Foundation) project, for the health workers who were lost from Covid-19) chtildren’s education.the project consist of an enormous auction and an exhibition on 29 October 2020
2020 Attended ArtAnkara 6th Contemporary Art Fair, sponsored by Ankara Life Magazine (12-15 March 2020)-Ankara
2020 Attended ArtAnkara 6th Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Boho Art Gallery (12-15 March 2020) -Ankara
2020 Attended her first group exhibition in Boho Art Gallery- Ankara (29th February-6th March 2020)
In 2019 she had a project with the Singaporean Embassy-Ankara. She was commissioned with commerative Iznik style plates which were presented to Turkish and Singaporean Ministers, mayors and diplomats
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