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Artist Statement:
Wooden sculptures carved on
pencils by Dr. Ahmet Çanga are
perhaps some of the smallest
in the world, with dimensions
ranging from 0.7x3.0 cm to
0.7x20.0 cm.
The sculptures unite
figurative expressions and the
subjects, transforming them
into subjective
interpretations.
Figurative expressions include
those of mythology, love and
communication. And the
material is simply a pencil.
Yes, a pencil… A pencil that
turns into a sculpture through
neat, detailed patient work.
Engraving many abstract topics
of life such as love,
depression, bashfulness,
innocence and gossip, Dr.
Çanga gave life to ordinary
pencils throughout his
university years.
Eve gives the apple to Adam,
for the first time on a
pencil…
The talkativeness of a gossip
is expressed by a face
composed of only mouth and
teeth; his/her curiosity is
expressed by a keyhole on the
head; that a gossip needs no
brain to chatter is
articulated by an empty head;
that s/he would go on
gossiping is reflected by the
foot on the abdominal region;
and that gossiping cannot be
attributed to a specific age
is expressed by a fit bust
symbolizing youth, next to a
flabby bust symbolizing
oldness… all on a single
pencil, ...
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Artist Reviews:
Turkish Daily News
16.07.2000
Ahmet Canga, who is a plastic
surgeon, was lucky enough to
realize that the small
carvings from pencils that he
started to do in boring
lessons were tiny little
masterpieces. He gives life
and character to ordinary
pencils by carving them with a
small ...
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Ahmet Canga Biography:
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