Osman Dinc

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Plumb Men, 2022, Mixed Media, 550 x 360 x 24 cm / 10 pieces

Osman Dinc creates sculptures from steel and glass that sit at the crossroads between Minimalism and Arte Povera. His output alternates between arresting, freestanding, edifices for public spaces, to small sculptures that subtly animate walls.

Dinc works predominantly with steel, which he transforms from rigid sheets of primary material into polished, often rhythmic forms with soft, playful, undulating curves. This is primarily guided by his principle interest in creating work with the least possible intervention to his raw material as possible. Dinc minimizes waste and refrains from obscuring the raw material's inherent sense of weight and density. Upon completion, the work is usually treated with nothing more than protective layers of epoxy resin, thus retaining its natural earthy colors.

Dinc, tranforms materials into sculptures vitalizing them, inviting the viewers to a dialogue with his own narratives. The sculptures keep their own essence material, and at the same time they bring nature, culture and technique together. Dinc’s artworks mirror our feelings and thoughts, making possible the appearance of a new connection.

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Works

africa africa, 2022
Plumb Men, 2022
Three Receptors, 2022
Wave , 2022
Plumb Men, 2019
Afrika Afrika, Afrique, Afrique, 2018
Cypres, 2018
Marabu, 2018
Toskana - Toscane , 2018
Elbow Grease of Bee, 2017
Watchman, 2017
Boşa Koyuyorum Olmuyor, Doluya Koyuyorum Almıyor Quand je mets dans le vide, ça marche pas. Quand je mets dans le plein, ça déborde , 2016
İsimsiz - Sans titre , 2016
saturn, 2015
Where are we going, 2015
Büyük Gong - Grand Gong, 2014
İki Satürn – Deux Saturne, 2014
Ufku Çizmek – Dessiner l’horizon , 2014
boat, 2013
Demir Çağı Davul – L’age de fer tam tam , 2013
Horizon, 2013
Relation, 2013
Sabır Taşları - Pierres de Patience , 2012-2014
Bir Damla Su ve Kayık – Une goutte d’eau et la barque, 2012
shield, 2012
theorem III, 2012
Drawing Infinity, 2011
eye, 2011
Flying Saucer, 2009
Three Amphoras , 2009
Installation view, Centre Culturel François Mitterand, Perigueux, 1998
The Dew Fountain , 1996
Instrument Two, 1992
Chrondrites, 1989
Du ble pour un are (art) (Untitled), 1989
Quarante epreuves (Forty suffers), 1989
L’espoir est le pain des pauvres (Hope is the poors food), 1988-1991
Chaque lumiere n’eclaire que sa propre obscurite (Each light iluminates it's own darkness), 1986
The narration of sculpture with 32 photos, 1986
The narration of sculpture with 32 photos , 1986
Triptych, 1978
Bloody Snow, 1977
Testiler – Poteries, 1996

Exhibitions

Biography

Osman Dinc, b. 1948, Turkey, lives and works in Paris.

Major exhibitions include; Gozlekesi (group), Fikret Otyam Art Center, Ankara, Turkey (2023); OBSERVATORY (solo), Baksi Museum, Bayburt, Turkey (2022); Teorem II (solo), Tarık Zafer Tunaya Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey (2021); Zamansızlık Şarkısı, Zindankapi Museum, Bursa, Turkey (2021); Intersections, Pi Artworks London, UK (2021); Kiracta Heykel, Baksi Museum, Turkey (2021); Les objets encombrants pour le voyage (solo), Tauves, France (2020);At The End Of The Day, OMM Museum, Eskisehir, Turkey (2020); Les objets encombrants pour le voyage (solo), Tauves, France (2020); Ankara-Istanbul (solo) Tophane-i Amire, İstanbul, Turkey (2019); Dessiner l'horizon (solo), Galerie Municipale Julio Gonzalez, Arcueil, France (2018); Beewax is the Elbow Grease of Bees(solo), Pi Artworks Istanbul, Turkey (2018); What's The Riddle,Pi Artworks London, UK (2016); A Story of the World(solo), CerModern, Ankara, Turkey (2014); Les Jeux De l'Eau Et du Miel,L'Agart, Amilly, France (2014); Theorem(solo), Pi Artworks Istanbul, Turkey (2014); Cosmic Touch, Espace Art Roch, Paris, France (2013); Logique de la mappemonde, l'École nationale supérieure d'art de Bourges, France (2013); and out of Istanbul, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, ABD (2008). Dinç has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Ankara Art Foundation's 2002 Sculptor of the Year, the 1993 UNESCO Sculptor of the Year, and has been thrice awarded the State Museum of Turkey's Sculpture and Painting Award. Major collections include; Circa Marseille, Marseille, France; The Art Collection of the Municipality of Paris, France; Istanbul Modern Museum, Turkey; Merkez Bank Collection, Turkey; The Musée de Annecy Collection, France; and the State Museum of Sculpture and Painting, Ankara, Turkey.

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