Author: Sonat Ece Kaya
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We’ve lost one of the greatest musicians in Turkey: Erkin Koray
If after a long stressful day at work you were being yelled by or yelled at your boss or a saturday night hangover with a grave headache you had any desire to pay a listen to some 60s and or 70s rock songs, psychadelic or not, you’d probably whine about getting no satisfaction or take…
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Will AI replace artists?
I’ve been experimenting with AI image generating tools recently. What I saw starting with random weird and too brightly colored collages generated from simple texts like ¨pink pig swimming in a yellow lake¨ last year, has evolved to very complex detailed imagery created using not less detailed prompts like ¨pink happy looking middle sized pig…
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At the exhibition of Hoca Ali Rıza’s works in Üsküdar
About two months ago, I visited the exhibition of the famous painter Hoca Ali Rıza, who is from Üsküdar. The exhibition took place at Nevmekan, located on the coast of Üsküdar. Among the thousands of paintings the artist created over a span of more than 100 years, a very special selection was displayed. As we…
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Hoca Ali Rıza’nın Üsküdar’daki sergisinden
Geçtiğimiz günlerde Üskürdarlı ünlü ressam Hoca Ali Rıza’nın sergisine gittim. Sergi Üsküdar sahildeki Nevmekan’da yapılıyordu. Sergide sanatçının 100 yılı aşkın bir süre önce yaptığı binlerce resmin arasından çok özel bir seçki yer aldı. Geçmişten günümüze uzanan bir eserler köprüsünde ilerlerken sanat banyosunda yıkandığımızı hissettik. Daha güzel bir tabir bulamıyorum. Hoca Ali Rıza bey 1858’de doğdu.…
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