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Artist Statement:
27/August/2006
In 2005 at the age of 50, I
decided to paint with no
education or experience.
Happy First Birthday!
I was experiencing numb soles,
calves for a while. One
morning suddenly my legs were
not totally there! I pushed
myself off the bed, they were
buckling as I tried to walk to
kitchen to make a cup of
coffee. It must be the tree
root I was trying to help
workers lift of the ground the
day before, where I was
building my town houses I
thought. I realised if I bent
my legs a little at the knees
I was able to walk. I went to
a clinic and waited outside. I
can not wait inside because I
move constantly, walk up and
down, study and read
everything and bother normal
people. This time as I try to
walk up and down I could not
hold my tears, I called my
wife and told her that I was
in the hands of people I use
to make fun of, The Doctors. I
kept crying and walking up and
down like a weird hundred
years old break dancer. Than
they called me in. After the
examination I ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
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Artist Galleries:
Alaaddin Cakirerk Art Studio
Houghton Johannesburg
6 8th Street Houghton
Johannesburg
South Africa 2198
Pobox 1421 Houghton
Johannesburg
South Africa ...
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Alaaddin Cakirerk Biography:
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Age
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51
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
1
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| Education |
Self Taught |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Making things that can be seen touched and appreciated by people whether I make any money from it or not, Reading, Trying to be a better father and husband, Learning not feel guilty about past mistakes and experiences, Learning to stop giving advise to other people while I hardly am capable to give advice to myself, Learning not to waste time without stealing it from myself. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Abstract Expressionism - (1940 - 1955)
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Getting Manufacturing businesses and building manufacturing plants from nothing, to be accepted as art. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I like making things and making things work. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
First in my portfolio. |
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