Earth Art In Turkey

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Thesis Type: Postgraduate

Institution Of The Thesis: Gazi University, Turkey

Approval Date: 2014

Thesis Language: Turkish

Student: Alper Aydın

Supervisor: MEHMET YILMAZ

Abstract:

The scope of the thesis is about specially interventions proposed and repercussions in our country, sculptures, installations, and related artists in the world art , especially after the 1960's, land art, nature art, landscape art and earth art concepts. In this thesis, the conceptual dimension of the intervention done with an artistic aim to the nature in Turkey were examined; how they are turned into a work of art that has been questioned.The aim of the thesis is to examine the samples in Turkey within the scope of this subject in depth; the works on the subject have been formed throughout the thesis, and they have attempted to put the conceptual framework.In the first part, although there are artists working on the world art in Turkey, there are some shortcomings theoretically identified. İn the Thesis, the factors that predispose to the emergence of world art are shared in an historical layout and important definitions are given concerning this topic. In the second part of the thesis, artists who question the bond between art, culture and nature starting from the structural properties of nature and its transformation inside, who reveal sensitive studies with thoughts of nature realities of nature are selected.Thesis method is a two-dimensional theoretical and practical. First, objective data relevant to this subject are determined and a certain context is formed. Then, as the owner of the thesis, some applications are performed and techniques, materials are examined from the conceptual framework perspective by performing applications. In the last chapter, any kind of interference to the nature in the concept of earth art are made focus area, earth art artists who explored the work will be recorded and with existing applications; thematic, conceptual and formal aspects of personal narrative language are to be uncovered and arguments are to be composed with the result of examination