Salt Beyoğlu Hosts Survey of Turkish Artist and Educator Özer Kabaş
A new exhibition called "Across the Seas: Özer Kabaş and His Times" has opened at Salt Beyoğlu, celebrating the life and work of Özer Kabaş (1934–1998). This event showcases his wide-ranging influence as a Turkish artist, educator, and writer, touching on areas like painting, design, film, and theater. It emphasizes his diverse artistic approaches, groundbreaking teaching styles, and his notable role in shaping Turkey’s cultural landscape. Kabaş studied at the Yale School of Art from 1957 to 1962, where he was inspired by Josef Albers and Jack Tworkov, who taught there in 1961. His artistic direction shifted toward psychological realism and social commentary after the 1959 MoMA exhibition "New Images of Man," curated by Peter Selz.
Key facts
- "Across the Seas: Özer Kabaş and His Times" is a major survey of Özer Kabaş (1934–1998).
- The exhibition is presented at Salt Beyoğlu.
- Kabaş's practice spanned painting, design, film, and theater.
- The survey addresses his interest in multiple artistic disciplines, his approach to art education, and his contributions to Turkey's cultural landscape.
- Kabaş studied painting at the Yale School of Art from 1957 to 1962.
- At Yale he learned from Josef Albers, a principal figure in shaping the Bauhaus curriculum, and from painter Jack Tworkov, who joined the faculty as a visiting professor in 1961.
- Kabaş was influenced by "New Images of Man," curated by Peter Selz at MoMA in 1959, which presented an alternative to Cold War Abstract Expressionism.
- That experience moved Kabaş toward psychological realism and social critique in his paintings.
Entities
Artists
- Özer Kabaş
- Josef Albers
- Jack Tworkov
- Peter Selz
Institutions
- Salt Beyoğlu
- Yale School of Art
- Bauhaus
- MoMA
Locations
- Istanbul
- Turkey
- New Haven
- United States
- New York