Seyhun Topuz, 1942

Seyhun Topuz graduated in 1971 from the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied sculpture. She continued her studies in New York from 1978 to 1980 and from 1983 to 1984.

Since the early 1980s, Topuz has viewed sculpture as a geometric-abstract means of expression. She designs forms that are not found in nature but rather reflect mathematical order and precision, and invite the viewer to a world that they can grasp intellectually. Exhibiting the utmost economy in terms of both form and material, Topuz’s idealized structures are capable of enduring changes taking place in the world around them. Both conceptually and artistically they adhere closely to Minimalism as it applies to contemporary sculpture while touching as well on the various possibilities of a simplified geometric language.

“Red V” exemplifies Topuz’s explorations regarding how to achieve an ideal form by dissecting a square and attempts to create a sense of motion in the completed structure through slight movements on the surface. These geometric elements with perfectly smooth surfaces, which stand for nothing but themselves, cut off their relationship with the ground by way of platforms of varying heights. Topuz’s works display the ultimate point of simplicity that can be reached in sculpture.