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Belkis Balpinar: Through Woven Times: Works from Four Decades

Belkis Balpinar: Through Woven Times: Works from Four Decades

Balpinar, Belkis
Sönmez, Necmi

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ISBN10: 8857253805
ISBN13: 9788857253800
Publisher: Skira
Published: Sep 30 2025
Pages: 120
Weight: 2.29
Height: 0.60 Width: 10.10 Depth: 12.40
Language: English

A survey of the prolific work of a Turkish artist who developed a contemporary visual language using a flat-weave kilim technique

With her large-scale woven pieces, hanging sculptures and wall installations spanning four decades, Turkish artist Belkis Balpinar's (born 1941) textile experiments are a continuously evolving process medley of material and shape in service of unexpected narratives. Her art-kilims amalgamate her technical knowledge of traditional flat weaves with imaginative shapes and interpretations of centuries-old paradigms. Balpinar's commissions include pieces for the World Bank Building in Washington, DC, and the Marmara-Manhattan Hotel in New York. Through Woven Times is a kaleidoscopic glimpse into the subjects, themes and formal concerns of her creations, in which a semiabstract visual language predominates. Echoing cosmic geometries, her work can be seen as a humanistic projection field that emphasizes our universal commonalities, hopes and dreams.

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