ÂBİDİN ELDEROĞLU

Âbidin Elderoğlu’s works express his exploration shaped by the rise of abstraction and abstract painting in Turkish art from the 1950s onwards, and they refer to his efforts to see nature from a different perspective. His paintings, which focus on the fundamental pictorial elements, such as shadow, light, darkness, and brightness, aim to capture what he describes as ‘plastic musicality’. His compositions strive to subordinate the subject, emphasising elements like colour and space. According to Elderoğlu, aesthetics and art are intrinsically linked to pure and free nature, human existence, and spiritual laws. Throughout the years of his artistic production, Elderoğlu drew inspiration from diverse sources, including plants, celestial bodies, mythological stories, and music. Rather than adhering to specific styles, Elderoğlu embraced a continual search, and his works serve as visual representations of this state of exploration.