Yusuf Taktak

Turkish artist

Yusuf Taktak (born 1951) is a Turkish artist and academic. He was a student of and later taught in Adnan Cokers atelier.

He has worked on wall paintings, participated in biennials in Turkey and internationally as well as group exhibitions. His art is known for working with geometric forms in the paint texture. Taktak considers colors as a prominent element in his artwork. He does not depict people in his works but makes the feeling of humanity and life felt through the art.[1] He is a known name in avant-garde of the 1980s.[2]

## Early life and education

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He was born in 1951[3] in Bolvadin. In 1974 he graduated from the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts,[2] from the studio Joker Atelier of Professor Adnan Coker. He also studied at Salzburg Summer Academy[2][note 1] with Mario Deluigi.[4][better source needed]

## Career

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In 1976 he initiated his career at the Istanbul Museum of Fine Arts and Sculpture. He also taught at the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts, teaching at the Adnan Coker Atelier.[5] He left these positions in the early 90s. From 1997 to 1998 he was a teacher at the Yeditepe University.[4][better source needed]

In 1989 he organised the exhibition about Osman Hamdi Bey at the Mimar Sinan University Painting and Sculpture Museum. The exhibition included the sculptures by Zühtü Müridoğlu, Gustav Deluye and Oskan Efendi of Osman Hamdi bey.[6] In 2005 he initiated a position at the Yıldız Technical University and the faculty of art and design[4][better source needed] which he stayed at until 2017,[7] he worked here along with working in his atelier.[8] He works and lives in Istanbul.[9]

Taktak has been credited with "playing an active role in the shaping of art" in Turkey and giving significant efforts in "framing the memory of Turkish art."[9] During his time teaching he was the teacher of many Turkish artists such as Esti Saul.[10]

He was among the artists to burn their works for a museum in commemoration of the Sivas Massacre.[11] He is among the founders of the ASSOCİATİON INTERNATİONALE DES ARTS PLASTİQUES (Turkish: Uluslararası Plastik Sanatlar Derneği)[12] His work is in the collection of the İstanbul Modern.[2]

Taktak, along with Ahmet Öktem, Altan Gürman, Cengiz Çekil, Gülsün Karamustafa, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Moni Salim Özgilik, Mustafa Altıntaş, Kutluğ Ataman, Nur Koçak, Sabiha Rüştü Bozcalı, Serhat Kiraz and Tomur Atagök has contributed to the artist archives of Salt Research.[13]

## Recent personal exhibitions

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* 2012 - Zamanlar İçinde[14]
* 2014 - Zamansız[15]
* 2015 - ZAM-ANLAMA[8]
* 2016 - Kaybolan Uygarlıklar[16]
* 2019 - Ellerim Tanıktır Zamana[17]
* 2022 - yaZaman[18]

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ Salzburg Summer Academy of Fine Arts

### Citations

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1. ^ ANSİKLOPEDİ (18 January 2019). "Yusuf Taktak (Hayatı)" (in Turkish). SalakFilozof. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
2. ^ a b c d "While Dreaming, 2008". İstanbul Modern. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
3. ^ "Yusuf Taktak". Garanti BBVA - via Salt Research.
4. ^ a b c "Yusuf TAKTAK - Artist Detail - Turkish Paintings". www.turkishpaintings.com. Retrieved 2022-09-30.[dead link]
5. ^ "Yusuf Taktak". gsfsergi.ebyu.edu.tr. Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University. 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
6. ^ "Çok yönlü sanat adamıyla ilgili belgeler ilk kez sergileniyor: Belgelerle Osman Hamdi". KÜLTÜR-YAŞAM. 13 March 1989.
7. ^ "Yusuf Taktak". Güncel sanatı keşfedin. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
8. ^ a b "Yusuf TAKTAK | Mine Sanat Galerisi" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
9. ^ a b "Yusuf Taktak". afyonklasikmuzikvecazdernegi.org.tr. Afyonkarahisar Classical Music and Jazz Community. 2022.
10. ^ "Yusuf Taktak ve Zam-anlama". Şalom Gazetesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
11. ^ "Artists burn works to remember Sivas Massacre". Hürriyet Daily News. Istanbul. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
12. ^ Yılmaz, İhsan (8 August 2022). "'Açık Sütun'un kapanmayan yaraları". Hürriyet.
13. ^ "Salt Araştırma'da Yeni Koleksiyon: Mine Sanat Galerisi Arşivi | Bolu Haberleri, Bolu Haber". Bolu Haberleri, Bolu Haber | Bolu Haber Portalı, Bolu Haberleri (in Turkish). 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
14. ^ "Yusuf Taktakın yeni sergisi". www.haberturk.com (in Turkish). HaberTürk. 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
15. ^ Arapoğlu, Fırat (2014-11-04). "Yusuf Taktak'la sanatın 'zamansız' hali üzerine..." soL (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
16. ^ Başarır, Gülgün (2016). "YUSUF TAKTAK'DA ZAMAN VE MEKAN ALGISI". Artful Living. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
17. ^ GÜVEN, HAZAL (2019-06-10). "SÖYLEŞİ | Yusuf Taktak: Ressam yaşadığı şeylerin resmini yapmaz mı?". soL (in Turkish). SoL. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
18. ^ ŞÜYÜN, Faruk (2022-07-25). "Yusuf Taktak 'yaZaman' sergisi ile 27 Temmuz'da Flamm Bodrum'da". dunya.com (in Turkish). Dünya. Retrieved 2022-09-30.

## External links

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* "Yusuf Taktak, atölyesinde - Yusuf Taktak, at his studio", Salt Research
* Yusuf Taktak at IMDb

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