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WINGS OF RESILIENCE

FELEKŞAN ONAR

21,600.00 TL

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At the intersection between personal biography and the collective memory of her Mediterranean heritage, Felekşan Onar discovered in glass – a timeless vocabulary – a primary language to articulate ideas around unfinished identities, the construction of narratives across long time spans, complex historical connections and the relationship between politics and society in the contemporary world. A life split between seas of traders, from her Aegean hometown of Söke to both the ancient and modern city of Istanbul, bathed by the Bosphorus Strait, the Marmara, and the Black Sea, glass has become more than a material for Onar – it is a living history, replete with cultural and social references embedded in the simultaneous translucency and opacity of deep time. Onar began her journey into the world of glass work in a private atelier and subsequently received formal training in traditional glass making at Glass Furnace, in Istanbul. In 2003, she initiated her atelier, Fy-Shan Glass Studio, and since then, the artist has broadly expanded her practice, moving seamlessly between historical craftsmanship, modern design, and contemporary art. Encompassing a wide range of glass-making techniques, fusing and slumping, kiln casting, flameworking, melting and hot-forming, blowing and cold working, the glass studio is a place of technical skill and experimentation, bringing forth the immense potential in the language of glass that the artist has embraced early on. Felekşan Onar was born and raised in Turkey. She completed her undergraduate education in economics and music history at Cornell University and graduate studies at Harvard Business School. She works out of her Pera atelier, in the historical center of Istanbul, as well as in Berlin and Murano. Her most recent exhibitions include the Islamic Art Museum, Doh;, Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul; Arkas Museum, Izmir; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Pergamon Museum, Berlin, and Magazzino Gallery at Palazzo Polignac, Venice. Onar's works are held in important public collections such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Riihimaki Glass Museum, Finland, Contemporary Glass Art Museum, Eskisehir, and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden.

Product: WINGS OF RESILIENCE
Creator: FELEKŞAN ONAR
Date of Work: 2024
Dimensions: 90 cm x 145 cm
Medium: Upcycled fabric
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FELEKŞAN ONAR | WINGS OF RESILIENCE | 2024

21,600.00 TL