Burhan Doğançays Wände
De Donker, Bénédicte / Lorant, Lola / Steininger, Florian / Tamur, Erhan / Thüring, Reto / Kotte, Claudia / Magyar, Tabea
Upon his arrival in New York in the 1960s, Istanbul-born artist Burhan Dogançay (1929-2013) became deeply fascinated by the visual aesthetics of urban walls and murals. His interest focused on exploring public space and its significance as a forum for the debate of social and political as well as artistic norms. He continuously sketched and photographed walls and doorways, transferring many of the captured motifs into paintings. Over more than...