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Ali Zülfikar Dogan

Cologne, Germany

Ali Zülfikar, born in 1970 in Turkey, studied at the Firat University. When we

look at his pictures, the first thought is: A masterpiece. About 140

international exhibitions worldwide as well as numerous films about his life and

his art are already known to us. Zülfikars works now decorate the Contemporary

Art Fair in Paris Cutlog 2013. There are portraits full of power and strength

which are held in black and white tones. Zülfikar treats their structures with a

special essence that is used in movement of natural kilim dye. With this type of

design he makes the image surfaces cracked.

The contours are breaking and it creates fissures and gorges. Those

effectsrealise in his portraits the faces of older people: A true viewing

experience! Zülfikar provides credible the age rings of human life on display

and demonstrates an aesthetic of mature existence: Graceful faces that proudly

represent their scars and wounds and radiate wisdom.

A second issue is that Zülfikar is fascinated by trees. His formation of the

branches, processed with the same cracks, provide a special magic here. A

blood-red resinous tribe, whose bark is torn and worn, bears the title "A part

of me". The traces of color are like the colors of a storm, a force of nature

that pulls us over.

A poetry in pictures with the feeling that the life force of the tree is

inseparably connected with us. The symbiosis between humans and the world of

plants describes his oeuvre. All his work is dedicated to the experience of

existence. Older men and women are similar to tall trees that may show their age

rings with majesty. The most outstanding portrait of an old woman seems to be

one thing with a golden curtain, which acts as the background of the image.

At the same time, you may think that this area is a part of her hair.

Fascinating is the creativity Zülfikars who can be completely lost in the faces

of the human world. In addition to the large-scale paintings that repeatedly

re-interpret the age issue and which are similar to lithographs, one picture

jumps completely out of line, it's the portrait and figurative painting. It

doesn't tie in with traditions but with a great sense of presence and a deep

understanding of the three-dimensionality of space.

For a comprehensive flood of media images that acts predominantly in the

two-dimensionality on us, we are literally littered, Zülfikars works are

downright opposed to their spatial depth, which is a rare quality in painting

today.

The process of life cannot stop in front of it - a bold but harmonious break in

style. Zülfikar is like a painting philosopher, who is dedicated to the cycle of

birth and death on more diverse way.

Alberto Giacometti has described it as: "...It is the space that you dig to

create the object and in turn the object creates the space. Is the space itself

which is located between the model and the sculptor." What does Giacometti mean

with the space located between the model and the artist? A "space

consciousness"? So it seems to me, because that is what Ali Zülfikar creates: a

deep subtle visual space in a mysterious silence.

He seems to have not only created that space between them (the artist) and his

model but also newly discovered by the colors and techniques. But this space is

not based exclusively on his painting works: This space is shown as an image of

dreams and is created layer by layer out from the depths of the image, captured

in perspective and at the same time becoming free. So I see Zülfikars painting,

which arises out of itself and develops to their own color and structure by

itself. I am also drawn into the spell of Zülfikars pictures: I cannot stop

looking at them. The given light is green, cold, spherical and dramatically as

if Zülfikar decided at times that there is no change and no turning back. We are

connected with his figurative paintings that infuse the room. It becomes clearly

with the structural quality of the painting that arises from such a mysterious

sphere, slowly emerging from antiquity, from a forest, a time or of a dream."

Dr. phil. Stephanie Eckhardt, Köln 2013

About Ali Zülfikar

Ali Züllfikar, 1970 born in Yavuzeli-Tr

1989-95 Studies at the Firat University in Elazig with Prof. Memduh Kuzay, Cemal

Arslan

1992 until now freelance artist lives in Cologne and in Turkey

since 1997 in Germany since 1992 free sheep that artists

Exhibition (solo)

gallery schlachthof, art project "escape times" – bremen 1997 | one artist show

in sporthall arena oberhausen 2001| gallery kulturpunkt wipperfürth 2003 |

museum project hördeburg– dortmund 2003 | BIPI’s culture gallery in cologne 2004

| one artist show art and exhibitionhall münsterland - münster 2004 | one artist

show artfair graz 2006 | gallery zeugma cologne 2006 | gallery werkstadt

cologne 2006 | one artist show hörderburg museum dortmund | one artist show

african art gallery cologne 2007 | gallery hördeburg – dortmund | art esplanade

2008 – dortmund | fzkke art association in euskirchen 2008 | one artist show art

innsbruck 2008 | arttower berlin 2009 | one artist show artfair nrw in diusburg

2010 | one artist show ARWI 2009 peurto rico -usa | gallery kulturpunkt

wipperfürth | city gallery gallery in frechen 2008 | gallery artist meeting

eesdron 2011 | gallery zeugma cologne 2012 | gallery kunsthaus schöne in

andernach 2013 | cutlog artfair paris 2013 | galerie 10er gmünden | galerie

zeugma cologne | rautenstrauch-joest museum cologne 2013

Exhibition (groups)

city gallery gaziantep- turkey 1994 | gallery akbank –elazig 1994 | gallery

cornelius hertz in bremen 1997 | art and exhibitionhall lindenthal in cologne

2003 | art association bergisches land e.V. wipperfürth 2005 | gallery

kontraste erwitte-horn 2006 | 12th. exhibition national park harz 2006 | gallery

j. ehrenberg mainheim 2007 | 13th. wessenalle wesseling bei zarifa art 2007|

gallery 10er room gmunden 2007 | artfair salzburg 2007 | kunstmesse akzenta in

graz 2007 | villa ignis cologne 2008 | gallery opera budapest 2009 | showroom of

the landscape union westfalen-lippe in münster 2009 | art fair istanbul 2010 |

art fair 21 cologne 2010 | innsbruck artfair 2009 | artfair genevre 2009 | arte

immagina art fair reggio emilia 2008, 2010 | art fair salzburg 2006, 2008 | art

fair genf 2010 | arttower berlin 2010 | gallery opera budapest | gallery zeugma

cologne | gallery hördeburg – dortmund 2012 | gallery artspace K2 remagen |

gallery artestruttura e divitas in italien 2010 | one artist show fzkke

kunstverein in euskirchen 2009 | museum project hördeburg – dortmund 2010 | ARWI

2008 peurto rico -usa | city gallery „house of the netherlands krameramthaus“

in muenster 2007 | african art gallery in cologne 2007 bei zarifa art | gallery

j. ehrenberg manheim 2007 | gallery werkstadt cologne 2007 | gallery 10er haus

in gmünden 2007 | akzenta art fair - graz | gallery am werk leverkusen | galerie

de longwy - nettersheim | gallery tijani- dortmund | art exhibition, national

park - harz | historic city hall andernach | gallery kontraste - erwitte |

duetsches werkzeugmuseum in remscheid | kunsthalle lindenthal- cologne |

gallery cornelius hertz in bremen | museum buca, tivat, montenegro 2005 |

gallery kunstmeile demiroski warendorf 2011 | artfair bagl in berlin 2011 | one

artist show hanse art bremen 2011 | auction dominique stall in paris 2011 | city

gallery wesseling by zarifa art 2011 | showroom of the camber of trade by zarifa

art 2012 | art expo arezzo 2012 | affordable art fair hamburg 2012 | gallery

different london 2012 | “Le Ciminiere” exhibition Centre - Viale Africa no.12,

Catania | gallery kunsthaus schöne in andernach 2013 | arte immagina artfair

reggio emila, italy 2013 | galleria Borghese di mentana, mentana-roma 2013 |

gallery different london 2013 | art project und prize | 1997 art project "flight time" with international human rights association Bremen | the president of the jury noted mitteleuropa prix Vilnius 2011 | the saatchi online international nonstop werbung | artist of the year in NRW 2012 public collections |public and private collections in turkey, germany, france,

england, italy, england, belgium, hungary, holland, austria and usa. |

külturburos collections of the city of dortmund | art collections of the german

families foundation | GRAF immobilien gmbh – remscheid | zugweg shool, cologne |

mig-art and culture association in hamburg | german tool museum Remscheid |

stern-wywiol gruppe hamburg art workshops and art symposium in germany and russia his work has been in the following newspapers, magazines, and encyclopedia (who's who) | some of his works were as roman cover by ali arslan- “serce” | bülent özcan “en güzel ben

ölürüm” | and cover for music cassettes (mikail aslan miraz | group munzur, anka

kusu | ozan emekci, munzur 17th senfoni, and published as posters and postcards.

| 6 works of art at saatchi online is selected as an international non-stop

advertising in 2013 | about his life and his art were in the various

documentary filmed “the mystery of the artist ali zülfikar!” rejisör gökhan

harmandalioglu, documentary filmed “dance of colors”

new generation Ali Zülfikar Dogan Painting 78.7 x 55.1 x 1.6 in

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village idiot Ali Zülfikar Dogan Painting Mixed Media Size: 78.7 x 55.1 x 1.6 in

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the grey tree, Mixed technique, Canvas, 160 x60 cm

the grey tree Ali Zülfikar Dogan

4,800.00 USD