Dear Friends,
Please join us for a VIP OPENING RECEPTION of
 

“STILL WET”
RECENT ABSTRACTS
 

WHEN: Thursday, April 6th from 5 pm - 9 pm
WHERE: GDCA Gallery / 727 S. Spring Street / Los Angeles, CA 90014

Bedri Baykam returns to Delson Contemporary Arts with his 147th solo show, “Still Wet” 
 
Baykam, a first-generation New-Expressionist since the very early 80s, evolved his art in various ways, becoming a “cultural guerilla” struggling for non-western artists’ rights and a multidisciplinary artist involved deeply in political activism and political art.
 
“STILL WET” RECENT ABSTRACTS
Baykam, known throughout his career for his spontaneous expressionist use of paint, alongside his versatile multimedia works ranging from Pop to political hotlines, uses thick mixed-media elements that end up creating several layers that look not only “still wet” but also bring surprisingly a fresh spirit to abstract painting that has been around us since 1913. “Still Wet” mainly features new abstract works on canvas that vary around 6 x 7 feet, all done between 2021 and 2022, as well as 4Ds (lenticular works), paper works, and Art History Map.
 
“BEDRİ BAYKAM’S ART HISTORY MAP” 
Baykam launched his “Art History Map” in Türkiye in April 2019; it has raised great interest worldwide. It comprises all the art movements and major (or sometimes lesser known!) artists chosen by Baykam from the Renaissance till 2019 with a general onlook to the whole world culture of art, literature, science, and events, with a macro vision bringing a global vision in time and space, rarely seen in the western art world. It also shows all related connections of art movements among artists from different centuries and decades and their simultaneity with all the explorers, philosophers, statesperson, scientists, musicians, filmmakers, etc. Thus, the Map also acquires a world cultural and socio-political dimension.
 
“Still Wet” will be open till May 30, 2023, at Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts.

 
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For more information                                                                  For more information 
about the gallery and the exhibition:                                            and source about Bedri Baykam:  
 
Petra Wright                                                                              Öykü Eras
GDCA Gallery Director                                                                PA of the artist
(323) 309-2875                                                                          +90 (541) 775 8135
pwright@gdcagallery.com                                                           oyku.piramid@gmail.com