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Artist Statement:
Yücel Dönmez’s place in
Turkish and American Art
History:
Yücel Dönmez has been
continuing his artistic work
in Chicago since 1980. He has
staged many exhibitions both
in Turkey and in the States
and was accepted into one of
the most influential art
encyclopaedias to ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Some of Yücel Dönmez’ most
important exhibitions:
1974 - Chicago Art Fair (Navy
Pier) individual exhibition
1975 - Chicago Main Public
Library art gallery,
individual statue exhibition
1975 - Galeri Veb, Istanbul,
individual exhibition
1981 - Chiago State University
Gallery, individual exhibition
1981 - Truman College,
individual exhibition.
1987 - The Art Institute of
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
Collections including Dönmez
paintings
Former American Secretary of
State, Alexander Haig
Collection
Former CBS network ‘Good
Morning America’ presenter,
Bill Kurtis, producer on PBS
television
James Irwin, Apollo 15
Astronaut, Third American
Astronaut to walk on the moon
Former Illinois Governor Jim
Thompson
Former Illinois Governor Jim
Edgar
Former ...
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Commissions:
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Reviews for Yucel Donmez:
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
ART REVIEW
Mosaic a metaphor for the ephemeral
By Alan G. Artner > TRIBUNE CRITIC
February 3, 2008
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“Such a metaphor comes across with difficulty from pieces that strive toward seduction. And Halloran's rink piece does not even extend the modest snow paintings created in Grant Park by Turkish artist Yucel Donmez in 1993. It's not a bad thing to popularize ideas present in contemporary art for decades. But in Millennium Park popularizing mainly means softening. Of all the pieces to appear apart from the Kapoor, just the sculptures by Mark di Suvero have succeeded in being tough and appealing. The rest attract and brighten and please, which certainly is not to be gainsaid during shorter days of the year. But to provide a brief thrill does not seem enough. Don't we want more residue than the memory of instant pleasure?
"Museum of Modern Ice: Paintings Below Zero" continues at Millennium Park, between Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive at Washington Street, through Feb. 29. 1-877-CHICAGO.”
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TURKISH DAILY NEWS (English Newspaper in Turkey)
Turkish-american artist Yücel Dönmez embraces new trend
Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Turkish motifs inpire Deepism, which the artist says will carry painting to its peak
Turkish-American artist Yücel Dönmez, who has been living in Chicago since 1980, will exhibit a fresh artistic style called Deepism in what American critics say is a new trend in the world of art. His exhibition will open on March 9 at the Istanbul Antique Art Gallery.
Dönmez said Deepism, including the aspects of today's conceptual art, would carry the art of painting to its peak. He added that Deepism was also reflected in today's world in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, technology and politics.
Dönmez conveys the feeling of eternity in his work by synthesizing it with the reason for our cosmic existence.
From traditional Turkish motifs to modern painting:
American art critics and experts say Dönmez's inspiration comes from Turkish art, which he uses as a base, developing his own style and technique. Chicago Tribune art critic Alan Artner said Dönmez, with his strong technique and style, has created something new in modern painting. “It's like looking at Kandinsky or Klee's work; I don't see traces from any other artist. The same goes for Yücel Dönmez's work; I don't see traces of other artists.”
Dönmez's exhibition will run from March 9-30 at the Antique Art Gallery in Istanbul's Taksim district.
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BUGÜN NEWSPAPER 29th July 2006
A wizard of colours in the Istanbul Metro
The newly opened Taksim-Kabataş funicular line, also leaves its mark in the area of Turkish contemporary art. Painter Yücel Dönmez’ 12 m2 transportable painting entitled, Millennium Tuğra [the name given to the Sultan’s personalised signature], and 7 m2 painting under a sheet of glass are on display at the station.
Transportable contemporary art work has been displayed in a public space for the first time in Turkey. Alongside painter Yücel Dönmez’ 12 square metre-large acrylic painting on metal, are a 7 square metre contemporary painting under glass, and a 6 square metre dijital image, all shown in the Taksim-Kabataş funicular station in Taksim. The artist has also transformed a winch measuring 4.5 metres in diameter and forming the pulley system for the funicular wagon, into a brightly coloured kinetic work of art. Encased in a special glass box, this giant cog is the first time a functioning motor has been turned into a working piece of art.
Taking traditional Turkish art and the different aspects of Anatolian culture as a starting point to create his own contemporary style and technique, Yücel Dönmez has been working on his art in the city of Chicago in the United States for the last twentyfive years.
Described as unique and uninfluenced by the West or by another master painter by well-known American art critic Alan Artner, Yücel Dönmez has, as a result of his self-developed technique and interesting style, had mention in many encyclopaedias in the U.S.
Discovered on the internet…
Finding Yücel Dönmez’ paintings on the internet, Control Engineer for the construction of the Underground, Feriha Mert, states how lucky they were to have found Dönmez.
Yücel Dönmez developed his ‘under glass’ technique from traditional Turkish arts, just as he did his painting technique, carrying them into a contemporary style. The 7 square metres under glass painting carries notes of Ottoman calligraphy (Hat), ornamentation (Süsleme) and Ottoman Sultans’ personalised signatures (Tuğra), which Dönmez mentions is an original and novel style in Turkish art. He adds that he has not yet heard of an under glass painting of such a large dimension anywhere in the world. The giant under glass transportable picture, painted into a special type of shatter-proof glass, weighs a phenomenal 200 kilograms.
In encyclopaedias in the U.S.
Yücel Dönmez has been undergoing art work in the city of Chicago in the United States since 1980. Having held many exhibitions both in his homeland of Turkey and in the States, Dönmez was entered into such encyclopaedias as, ‘Who is Who in American Art’ in 2000, ‘The Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers of the U.S.’ in 2002, and ‘Devonport’s Art Reference’. In doing so, he has earned a permanent place in American art history. He has also appeared alongside 62 other Chicago artists, in the art reference book, ‘Art Diary International’, published in Italy every year by well-known FlashArt magazine.
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