NITSCH a homage by …
With the series “NITSCH a homage by …”, the Nitsch Foundation, together with Rita Nitsch, started to present works by role models and companions as well as artists whose development was decisively influenced by Hermann Nitsch and his continuing Gesamtkunstwerk since spring 2023. Parallels and overlapping aspects in their works make new connections and interweavings of artistic processes visible. The exhibitions focus on an individual and personal facet in which visitors get to know Nitsch’s oeuvre and the further development of his work.
NITSCH a homage by Ekrem Yalcindag: “Natures”
Our series continues with the master student Ekrem Yalcindag, who was taught by Hermann Nitsch at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. Since then, he has had many ties with Vienna, such as his close relation with the Nitsch family and his friendship with Peter Kogler.
“there is a real artist at work between orient and occident, who works in berlin, frankfurt, istanbul and vienna. he has the strength and greatness to master and connect different cultures. his work is nowhere a foreign body, it is perhaps an expression of a new world consciousness.” Hermann Nitsch wrote about Ekrem Yalcindag.
Painting between Orient and Occident
Over the past 30 years, Ekrem Yalcindag (*1964 in Göblasi/TR) has developed one of the most interesting positions in contemporary painting. His meticulously detailed painting technique with its fine, but also impasto application of paint is largely unique in art history.
During his studies at the Städelschule in Germany, Ekrem Yalcindag discovered one of the smallest artist’s brushes in the world, the da Vinci 1570 in size o, for his work. With this tool, he found his very own approach to impasto painting, which his teacher Hermann had introduced him to. Ekrem Yalcindag owes the sparking inspiration for the abstracted flower shapes typical of his paintings to the Frankfurt Palm Garden, which provided him with the motifs for his drawing studies.
New spatial dimension
Since then, his work has been characterised by large- and medium-format canvases with monochrome to multicolour surfaces inserted into dynamic line structures. His all-over paintings reflect not only the influences of his second teacher at the Städel, Thomas Bayrle, but also of Minimal Art artists such as Sol Lewitt, which at the same time merge with an entirely timeless organic formal language. In Ekrem Yalcindag’s most recent group of works, the inclusion of monumental silkscreen and wood printing techniques resulted in a fascinating further development into a new spatial dimension of his work.
His works are represented internationally in renowned collections of contemporary art, among others in the Museum Istanbul Modern, Sammlung Goetz Munich, Art Collection of the European Patent Office Munich/Den Haag, Arthena Foundation Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Museum Haus Konstruktiv Zurich or the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
OPENING
The exhibition “NITSCH a homage by Ekrem Yalcindag: natures” will be opened together with Ekrem Yalcindag on Friday, 03 November 2023 at 6:00 pm at the Nitsch Foundation, Hegelgasse 5, 1010 Vienna. Dorothea Strauss, curator and transformation expert, will give the introductory speech.
ARTIST TALK
In the context of the Vienna Art Week we could win PETER KOGLER and EKREM YALCINDAG for an ARTIST’S TALK on Saturday, 11.11.2023 at 6:00 pm in the Nitsch Foundation, Hegelgasse 5, 1010 Vienna!
We look forward to your coming, and kindly ask for registration for both events via email: office@nitsch-foundation.com.
Hermann Nitsch is a member of the copyright collecting agency Bildrecht GmbH.
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