“I, a New Brave World” primarily draws attention at first glance through the artist's works created using acrylics on various surfaces. Working with acrylic and mixed media on canvas, notebooks, or eagles, Öztekin strives to develop a world where similar moods are prominent, interconnected, and ultimately unified, regardless of the material. These works, containing their own world within themselves through colors, tones, and figures, ultimately promise viewers a "new brave world" while also hinting at many things about Öztekin himself. The artist's lines, his intertwined and inseparably integrated figures, reveal signs of a different civilization, a search for civilization, amidst the chaos.
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Güçlü Öztekin: A new world, a new imagination
Abdullah Ezik, Artı Gerçek, 1 December 2023
