"Destruction"

Seblâ Eczacıbaşı's installation titled "Destruction" is on display at the Millî Reasürans Art Gallery.

The installation, titled "Destruction" by Seblâ Eczacıbaşı, consists of a series of glass and plastic objects arranged in a specific order on a patinated iron table, forming a composition of “a beginning, nine modules, and an ending piece.”

In the text written by Levent Çalıkoğlu for the exhibition, he describes Eczacıbaşı's work as follows: “It is indeed intriguing to see someone who has dedicated their life to art presenting their accumulation in their first solo exhibition using glass and plastic objects! There are two things to consider here: The first is related to a sense of lateness in art history from the avant-garde to the present. There is a 20th-century tradition where the meaning and context of objects are turned upside down, and their use is critiqued in conjunction with the issues related to the class of users and their identity.”

The exhibition is open for viewing from November 28 to December 30, 2006.

Seblâ (Sarıdal) Eczacıbaşı was born in Istanbul in 1930. After completing her education at Üsküdar American High School, she studied in the workshops of Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu and Neşet Günal at the Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy between 1951-53 and 1974-79, graduating in 1979.