Abstract:
The 1990's are important processes during which great transformations were
experienced both for the world and Turkey. The demolition of the Berlin Wall
at the end of the 1980s, the disintegration of the Soviet regime, which marked
on the 1990s, and the ethnic and religious-based war in the Balkans have
made a lot of discussions a current issue. Nation state and identity discussions
are the most important issues among them. In parallel with the transformation
in the world, the 1990s stand out as the process during which identity problems
began to be discussed along with the political atmosphere dating back
to the present for Turkey. It would be wrong to focus only on the transformation
in the world for the reason of it because the internal dynamics of Turkey, which
can be reproduced like the September 12 coup, played an active role in this
process. When these statements are examined within the context of art, it is
possible to talk about artists who are especially oriented towards identity-focused
studies for the world and Turkish art. When it is examined for Turkey, it
is seen that many artists have focused on identity problems with an increasing
graphic that started in the 1990s. It is seen that the issues such as Turkish
identity, mother tongue, nation state, women and gender have been described
with certain symbols or metaphors. In the light of this information, to perform
identity readings for the works of contemporary artists such as Halil Altındere
and Canan for whom it could be said that they produced studies for identity
issues is the main axis of the study.
Keywords: Turkish Painting Art, Identity, Otherness, Canan, Halil Altındere
