In 1963, artists such as
Adnan Çoker, Devrim Erbil, Altan Gürman, Tülay Tura, and Sarkis Zabunyan
founded the Mavi Group. While it is said that the name of the group was taken
from the book of the French writer André Gide called "Blue Oak," it
is also said that it is called the Istanbul group, and its name is taken from
the blueness of Istanbul. Although it is said that the name of the group is
taken from the blue color of Istanbul, there is no connection with blue in
terms of color in the works of the group members (except Adnan Çoker). It is
also concluded that Adnan Çoker's predominantly blue work in his paintings was
influential in giving the name of the group. The main aim of the group members,
who received art education from the West, was to produce art at an
international level. Blue Group artists generally did not exhibit similar
stylistic attitudes. The only similarity between the groups is that they
produce works in an abstract expressionist style. The only exhibition that the
group members, Adnan Çoker, Sarkis, Altan Gürman, Devrim Erbil, and Tülay Tura,
held together was the exhibition they called the Blue Group, held in the
Turkish-German Cultural Center in 1963. If we give an example of
two artists who made significant contributions to Turkish art Among these artists is
Adnan Çoker. Çoker combined European art education with Western art, focusing
on Seljuk-Ottoman architecture as a theme. The east-west synthesis gave his paintings anatomical structure. Few
artists represent today's art and follow the current. Devrim Erbil: The influential contemporary Turkish
painter Devrim Erbil was born in Uşak in 1937. Erbil joined the State Academy
of Fine Arts in 1955 and studied under Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, a prominent figure
in contemporary Turkish painting. This helped his artistic growth and
international expansion. His work was abstract, expressionist, and
non-figurative. His recent works depict cities and nature. He worked in
writing, engraving, pottery, mosaic, calligraphy, sculpture, stained glass,
serigraphy, and lithography, as well as on canvas.
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