Onur Mansız, Era, 2023. Tuval üzerine yağlı boya, 130 × 190 cm.
Onur Mansız (b.1986) concentrates on the “body” as a stable and consistent region inhabited by the subject, which represents the subjectivity and being home to the self-realization process. The images that Mansız reflects on the body, which place the latter in an ambiguous position where it is neither naked nor dressed, become kind of a secondary tissue, constructing in this manner a second layer of meaning to be interpreted from the perspective of the identity that the artist attempts to create. By positioning the bodies against a dark background, the artist isolates his subject matter from its context, through which the viewer is able to connect with the existentialist problems they carry.
In his hyper-realistic oil paintings, Mansız establishes a personal relationship with the figures using his own body in the painting process as a creating-intervening body.
In his hyper-realistic oil paintings, Mansız establishes a personal relationship with the figures using his own body in the painting process as a creating-intervening body.