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Yüksel Arslan

Arture 51, “100 Meaningless” (Arture 51, “100 Sans Sens”), 1964

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Description

Maker

Title

Arture 51, “100 Meaningless” (Arture 51, “100 Sans Sens”)

Year

1964

Medium

Watercolor, pencil, conté crayon, and natural materials on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

39.4 x 49.5 cm (15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated in pencil, LR:100 Sens Sans/Arture 51/Artslan '64

Type

Credit

Gift of Edouard Roditi

Object Number

68.089

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Modern and Contemporary Galleries

In this muted work, a series of geometric forms teeter on the edge of legibility. Yüksel Arslan’s materials are starkly physical; he has allowed them to pool and smudge on the sheet, suggesting three-dimensionality emerging on and from the work’s surface. Arslan typically made his own pigments with natural materials ranging from minerals and vegetable extracts to blood and urine.

Connected with French Surrealists, including André Breton, Arslan moved to Paris in 1961. He invented the word arture for this series based on other French words with the same suffix—such as peinture (painting) and écriture (writing)—to suggest a non-medium-specific work of art.

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