Lot 108: Haluk Akakce (Turkish, b. 1970)

Haluk Akakce (Turkish, b. 1970)
Last Night I Met A Costume
signed, located and dated 'Istanbul Haluk Akakce 2009 h.a' (on the reverse)
acrylic on board
98 x 63in. (250 x 160cm.)
Executed in 2009

Haluk Akakce's work explores the relation between man and technology, depicting abstract figures and dream-like landscapes where architecture, geometry and human kind coexist.
The titles of his painting create an imaginary narrative, such as the present work, entitled Last Night I Met a Costume. Akakce depicts his the abstract mutant creations of his dreams, referencing Celtic and Islamic architecture, depicting abstract landscapes in way which is almost pseudo-calligraphic.