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NAzIM MEHMET
Lives and works in kayseri, turkey
 www.artbreak.com/nazimmehmet
artist contact
 mnazim777@yahoo.com
THe sIgn, oiL on canvas 47x40 in. / 120x100 cm.
In the works of Mehmet whose
aim is to present a world which
is surrealist, dreamlike and out
of mind, human figures give the
sense of being belonged to this
world at first sight. However,
we realize that they are related
to another world when we see
the figures raising from the
ground with shining aureoles
over their head. We can never
see faces of human figures;
either their faces are hidden
behind a cover or their back
is turned us. This is another
aspect increasing the mystery
and intensifying the sense
of them being belonged to
another world. Time to time,
these figures appear to be
winged angels surrounded by
a spiritual light.
Book, birds and sundial are the
common objects Mehmet uses
almost in all works. Book is the
symbol for wisdom as well as
justice; birds are the symbols
of freedom; sundial indicates
the life time passing by. It is
observed, artist mostly spreads
the objects over the rocks
in a surrealist surroundings.
Rocks and stones are the
important issues in his works.
According to him “stones
and rocks have their own
stories and experiences with in
themselves. They are witnesses
to the places where they sit
and they are embedded with
the memory of that place TRENDS
and layered with its history”
(excerpt).
Nurdan KARASU GÖKÇE /artist