NURI KUZUCAN

Born in 1971 in Turkey, Kuzucan is an artist who paints geometric canvases inspired by themes of everyday life in the city. A graduate of the Mimar Sinan University Department of Painting, Nuri Kuzucan received his MA at the same department, and in addition to the numerous group exhibitions he has participated in, he has held five solo exhibitions. Kuzucan initially preferred acryllic on canvas in his paintings devoid of figures; however, the material he has used in more recent works has earned him a unique place in the field of painting. Here, the artist began to express his theme also in his choice of material, and the paper tape he uses consolidates the impact he seeks to create upon the viewer. This criticism carried out by Kuzucan, who develops his own unique interpretation of the art-historical theme of criticizing modernity from within modernism, can be understood in the context of the rupture the modern individual experiences as described in Nietzsche’s texts. According to Nietzsche, the modern individual is modern because of the unprecedented rupture between the inner self and the outer self. The rupture between the two spheres is most significant in urban life.