Can Göknil Biography
Can Göknil Biography
Essays & Interviews
Oniki Hayvan Takvimi
Oniki Hayvan Takvimi Can Göknil Bir Kırgız efsanesine göre hayvanlar günü görmek için toplanacaklarmış.Deve uzun boylu olduğu için kendine çok güveniyormuş.Böylelik
KADER TABLETLERİ
MÖ 1700’lerin Mezopotamya efsanelerine göre, tanrılar insanların kaderlerini tabletlere yazıp bulutlara asarlarmış. Böylece insanların başına gelecekler önceden bilin
KORUYUCU İLAHLAR,UMAY TANRIÇALAR
KORUYUCU İLAHLAR,UMAY TANRIÇALAR (Tuval ve ahşap üzerine akrilik boya,kurşun,1996) İlkel toplumlarda bilgelik yerini düş gücüne bırakıyor.Doğal olgular basit biçimde,
Irk Bitig
Türkler tarih boyunca fala meraklıydılar. Fal hakkında genelde iyimser bir görüşleri vardı. Ortaasya’da şamanist inançlar doğrultusunda barış, savaş, av, yolculuk,
Çocuk Kitaplarında Görsellik
Can Göknil GENEL… Ressam olduğum için kırk yılı aşkın bir süredir resimli çocuk kitapları yapıyorum, kendi yazdıklarımı resimliyorum. En içten duygularımla,
Do Birds Perch on Goddesses’ Crowns?
Güven Turan Every Can Göknil exhibition is itself a work of art in its own right. That’s because each of her exhibitions develops organically within the context of a single, ov
Creation Myths from Central Asia to Anatolia
Images from the Creation Myths of the Turks This text is from the catalogue published by Yapı Kredi Art Galleries for Can Göknil exhibitions in Istanbul, Izmir and Adana in 1997.
The Magic of Magic: From the Tablets of Destinies to Amulets
Murat Ural This text is from the book published by Milli Reasurans Art Gallery of Istanbul, for Can Göknil exhibition on April 6-May 6 1999. According to an ancient Babylonian leg
Eight Birds, Nine Girls: Light-girls , Impudent Cutups: Dark-girls
Once upon a time, a long time ago when there were not just seven heavens but seventeen-in fact, thirty-three-Ülgen the God sat on a great, gold-embroidered throne of a mountain
Mythology, Book Art and Can Göknil
Metin AND THE PAINTINGS OF CAN GÖKNIL DISPLAYED in her personal exhibitions in recent years weave a framework of unity around mythological subjects. For the artist, mythology is t
“The Matter Bodes Well”
Geomancy is an ancient form of divination in which handfuls of soil or other materials are scattered on the ground or markings are made in the earth or sand to produce configuratio
Can Göknil: Contemporary Interpretations for Mythological Tales
Dilek Sener The first thing that we need to do here is take a stroll through the bundle of questions thrown up by debates focusing on the meanings imparted by the notions of “Tur
Codices of the East and the West
Can Göknil To enhance visual communication for my book-art projects, I frequently delved into the history of bookmaking in our culture. This led me to organize several major e
Lunar Attraction
Can Göknil August 2008 Have you ever wondered when human beings started to be fascinated by the moon? In the Dordogne region of southwestern France, a moon-goddess greets us from