one eye, if you like on the art historical past. refik s work here may be linked directly to the bosphorus, but it relies on the backrooms of silicon valley in california, a few hours from los angeles, where he now lives and works. decades earlier, another pioneering turkish artist was connecting east with west, and creating her own kaleidoscopic visual worlds. fahrelnissa zeid is a centralfigure in the story of modern turkish art. but despite being born at the dawn of the 20th century, she s only being truly appreciated now. yeah. pleasure to have you here. i m meeting chief curator oyku ozsoy sagnak to talk me through this zeid s mesmerising and explosive masterpiece of swirling red and yellow painted shards. the first thing is that sort of sense of it being almost all encompassing.
the data. the simple fact about creating an installation in a curved room with a mirrored floor to create the sense of infinity. so i find that quite heartening too, to have a sense that here s a work that s looking straight at the future, but it also has one eye, if you like, on the art historical past. refik s work here may be linked directly to the bosphorus, but it relies on the backrooms of silicon valley in california, a few hours from los angeles, where he now lives and works. decades earlier, another pioneering turkish artist was connecting east with west, and creating her own kaleidoscopic visual worlds. fahrelnissa zeid is a central figure in the story of modern turkish art. but despite being born at the dawn of the 20th century, she s only being truly appreciated now. yeah. pleasure to have you here. i m meeting chief curator oyku