"Bedri Baykam - Sarah Masel Bedri Baykam - nyartsmagazine.com Bedri Baykam Like an endless labyrinth erratically winding and pushing towards new directions with no conclusive destination, Turkish artist Bedri Baykam transcends artistic progression. Developmental patterns do not exist within the artist’s prolific career; for Baykam resides in a world laden with gray, an environment in which x is y, and the very notion of dichotomies collapses to ultimately compose compellingly expressive and audacious art. Indeed, to truly understand Baykam is to at once perceive him as a perpetual rebel, an individual who seems to effortlessly refuse the confining definitions and simplifications that we, as human beings, are inherently disposed to designate. Experimenting with painting, drawing, performance art, installations, photography, collage and even graffiti, the artist, who is also a political activist, notable writer—Baykam published a 1,300 page autobiography, as well as a fictional novel that he believes inspired the attacks of 9/11, titled The Bone—and art scholar, continually surprises."
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