Art by Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğl, (from Istanbul, Turkey). Françoise Mouly: “When coronavirus quarantines were announced, more than a year ago, artists began sending in sketches about our new, locked-in reality. One of those sketches, from Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu, who is based in Istanbul, looked far ahead, imagining the thrill and poignancy of a world reopening. Today, the pandemic is far from over, but many countries are finally exhaling, and it seemed apt to publish Ekşioğlu’s image.”
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Me thinks the Turks are coming in strongly…..
Have you ever seen this guy’s work?
https://www.instagram.com/failunfailunmefailun/
He’s combining paintings with modern heads, pulling fun of ‘big wigs’ – and himself – and he’s hugely talented!
I like a positive view of everything. We have enough other stuff to cope with – let’s see the light!
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I panned through his work. Awesome!
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Very cool stuff, Kiki!
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This one here isn’t half bad either: https://www.collater.al/en/ertan-atay-art-digital-collage/
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You are right!
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That is an incredibly perfect visual
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Isn’t it though! What Talent!
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Now that I no longer receive it… what a great visual, as Beth said.
And yesterday, for the first time in forever, I ate in a restaurant. Inside! Woo hoo!
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Well that’s SOMETHING!
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I know! All restaurants have been closed (except for takeout) since last September… where they had only been open for three months.
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Those New Yorker covers! Thank you, Kiki for leading us to such a rich treasure trove. Regarding the theme, I have mixed feelings…but maybe it’s not the pandemic circumstances, could be just that after so much reflection, I’m still behind the door.
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Yes to all Valerie!
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what a great image…
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It is….
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Amazing how one visual can so perfectly encapsulate the panoply of feelings that “re-entry” into the world provokes. What a year it has been….
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So agree…
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