The Works of Artist Abidin Dino

THE LIFE AND WORK OF ARTIST ABIDIN DINO

Turkish artist Abidin Dino (1913-1993) was a multifaceted man of culture who experienced the great upheavals of the 20th century, including two world wars, social revolutions, the end of empires, who bore witness to all these episodes of world history in words, lines, colors and shapes. In pursuit of a prolific life in art, Dino was not merely a painter and writer, but also an illustrator, cartoonist, ceramicist, sculptor and filmmaker transcending boundaries. An extended version of this timeline was first published in the catalogue of the exhibition ‘The World of Abidin Dino’ held at Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) in 2007. The photographs and documents used in the text belong to SSM Abidin Dino Archive comprising the artist’s draft texts, newspaper cuttings, as well as his correspondences, which was bequathed to the Museum by the artist’s late wife Güzin Dino following the exhibition. Drawings and studies for sculpture are part of the SSM Painting Collection.

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This online exhibition aims to present the prolific and multifaceted practice of Dino through a selection of his stage designs for the opera Faustus Lights the Lights, libretto of which was written by Gertrude Stein. This group of works by the artist is being shown for the first time since its inclusion in the SSM’s Abidin Dino Archive.