Newspaper Article
"The journey of Kurdistan is likened to Dante's Boat trying to swim in the river of the world, depicting gloom and everyday/political torment with sharp details. The darkness that dominates Erkan's paintings initially dazzles the eye, but soon, as the pupil expands, it sheds light on the details."
Özgür SERHAT
GEREMOL
İstanbul
October 4, 2020
Interview
"In Nurettin Erkan's recent works, you can see the traces of hope amidst the ruins of Diyarbakır Sur, the resilience of Kurdish women, and the scars of marginalization. We talked with Erkan about his paintings, which he refers to as a form of resistance, childhood memories, the pains of the politicization of Kurdish art, and the much-debated themes of pornographic imagery and politics."
Jinda ZEKİOĞLU
Gazete DUVAR
March 24, 2020
Interview
Interview: Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Madison, Wisconsin,
USA May 16, 2018
Katabasis
Author: Prof. Vinay Dharwadker
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
December 26, 2013
Newspaper Article
Author: Onur Baştürk
Article about Contemporary Istanbul
11/11/2013
Newspaper Article
"Two Opposing Visual Languages: In Botero, we see figures inflated like balloons, infused with a sense of lightness, while in Erkan, the figures are full and heavy like lead. What they share is their abundance of questions, refusing to settle in the spaces you want them to occupy. Botero's figures inevitably evoke concepts like 'fat' and 'caricature,' prompting reflection. How do these images succeed in not being caricatures? Or do they? To what extent do they succeed?'
...
'And what about Nurettin Erkan? What does he negate?
Erkan's entirely nude heavy figures present a discussion of liveliness versus lifelessness. How much life is in the living? Is the non-living earth or stone? Is it in the evening's redness or the morning's? For some figures, you could say they live, yet others are neither alive nor dead. Some resemble sculptures, while others resemble ghosts, particularly those that are more linear and shadowy.
Those resembling sculptures could also be said to resemble aliens; like the aliens in films, the floating rocks create a sense of space. Although they are female figures, they are all bald, evoking camps or some old asylums.
Nurettin Erkan's exhibition has ended, but his paintings are accessible online."
Necmiye ALPAY
Radikal, 07/015/2010
Sones/Women/Ashes
Author: Lütfiye BOZDAĞ
Istanbul, Turkey
2010
Newspaper Article
Author: M. Babacanoglu
Newspaper article about the solo exhibition, M. Babacanoğlu
İlk Hber, Adana, 16/01/2008
Newspaper Article
Milliyet newspaper, 2008"
Newspaper Article
TROIA FESTIVAL
'Border Crossings Exhibition in Çanakkale'
Hürriyet Gösteri, Issue: 2091, 2007
Cover, Pages: 88, 89, 90"
Newspaper Article
"New Corridor for Contemporary Art Çanakkale'
Çanakkale Biennial news, Canan Atalay
Radikal Newspaper, 13/08/2007"
Newspaper Article
About the group exhibition at Karşı Sanat Gallery.
Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 2007
Newspaper Article
TIME TO SEE
"Group Exhibition News about Es Concept Gallery
2007 Istanbul"
Magazine Article
About the solo exhibition titled 'Nocturne.'
Zeck Magazine, 2005
Magazine Article
Figures Questioning Existence
Interview
Birgün Newspaper, Journalist: Hasan Maksud
01/01/2004, İstanbul
Catalog Article
Author: Levent Calıkoglu
Istanbul Modern Director
2003
Newspaper Article
Radikal, 2003
Newspaper Articles
ANGELS IN THE STAGE
News About the Solo Exhibition at London Arcola Gallery
London, 2003
ANGELS IN THE STAGE
1,2,3,4
Catalog Article
STRANGER
Author: Cem MUMCU
Istanbul 2002
Author: Özlem Hemiş ÖZTÜRK
Istanbul 2002
Interview, Nida Nevra Savcilioglu
Istanbul, 2002
FAMOUS-121
Contemporary Artists
Collectible global art book
ISBN: 978-91-89685-11-6
released June 2007
Hardcover, 264 PAGES
Edited and Published by MOT
DIMENSIONS: 8.5X8.5 IN / 22x22 cm
Erkan's Image Used on the Cover of the Poetry Book
RANE
Poems by Maria Deyana
Poems in poetry book "The Wounds" is one whole made
of one could say, three different cycles of poetic
weaving with the aim to sing a destiny of one being
in a whirlwind of destruction at the end of the
twentieth century in the agitated Balkans. Scream
and shout of the destroyed, moan of the outcasts and
dignity of a man are the constants that hold this
poetry upright, poetry weaved from deepest living
experience and spread as a statement that does not
leave anyone impassive. The poet knows from the
experience what she wants from her poems, she plays
with emotions that vary, as well as the masterly
mother tongue that she observes from a decent
distance not forgetting all of its beauties
and meanings.
Her poetry is woven from dreams, but also from life
in which she does not forget, but forgives, in which
one can see bottom, but also feel hope.
All stipulations that the poet is offering to us are
open, but at the same time hidden so we can slowly
and with pleasure unravel them ourselves.
And when she goes together with us, or we with her
to the future, and maybe even further, she says in
her poem "Brother or Angel"
"And we shall go
Into future
With sufferings carved
In heart"
Dr. Gostimir Popovic
Erkan's Images Used in Le Monde Diplomatique
Le Monde Diplomatique, 2002-1,2,3
Newspaper Article
About Nurettin Erkan's solo show at the Press Museum
1993, İstanbul
Newspaper Article
About Nurettin Erkan's solo show at the Press Museum
1992, İstanbul
Magazine Article
İkibine Doğru Magazine
1992, İstanbul
