Lot 99: Nazif Topcuoglu (Turkish, b. 1953)

Nazif Topcuoglu (Turkish, b. 1953)
Throwing the Book
signed, dated, and titled (on a label on the reverse)
digital c-print on Kodak paper mounted on foam board
44¼ x 35 3/8in. (120 x 90cm.)
Executed in 2003; printed in 2008; this work is number four from an edition of five

This lot offered for sale is subject to a 5% import duty on the importation value levied at the time of collection/shipment within the UAE.
In Nazif Topcuoglu's intriguing works you see a combination of dramatic lighting and structured composition which gives them a Caravagesque sense of theatre, juxtaposed with his signature choice of 'actors', always girls and young women, often caught inunusual situations. The effect is voyeuristic and more than slightly unsettling, and ambiguous in message, reinforcing or undermining gender stereotypes.