Levent Isik Original Vintage Outsider 3-D Artwork \"Adam & Eve\"

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Levent Isik Original Vintage Outsider 3-D Artwork \"Adam & Eve\":
$1000.00

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Great 3-D piece form the mid 90\'s from Levent. Originally purchased from Art Populare in 1998. The snake is 3-D and I believe made from clay while the eyes/lashes are from a doll. The Teeth are tin I believe. There is no date on it but we believe it to 1996. The same year as other Isik pieces we currently own. Beautiful old piece from Levent Isik !!!We have been collectors of Levent\'s Art since we first saw one in 1998. We have since acquired very many pieces but no longer have enough room on our walls since our recent move. This is a beautiful piece in perfection condition as well. Painted in 1996.
LEVENT ISIK

Currently living in Columbus, Ohio.

At the age of five, Isik immigrated to Montreal. Canada.
In 1989, he moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he currently lives as a legal alien, since he has retained his Canadian citizenship.
Isik began painting in Columbus in 1989, having been inspired by Elijah Pierce and William Hawkins. His work has also been influenced by Gregory Womack (Mr. Imagination) and by the
paintings created by Vincent Van Gogh and Morris Hirshfield. The colorful, highly patterned, and romantic images in Isik’s paintings derive from his subconscious. The subjects include cityscapes, superwoman, and animals. Some of his creations are reliefs with raised shapes, either cut from scrap metals or built from water putty that he has attached to the painting surface. He almost always uses found objects, and uses house paints ,which he then covers with polyurethane to get a high gloss finish. His frames are all hand painted with a repeated zigzag pattern.
His works have been shown in many galleries in the US, as well as important institutions. He’s also been included in folk art books, and number of publications on Folk art.
Leslie Constable from the Columbus Dispatch wrote:” His visual lexicon adds up to a playful, warmly humanistic vision filled with homey wisdom and
more than a dash of bawdy humor.”PUBLICATIONS2013, Collection Of the Hilton Hotel, Columbus, Ohio2011, Three Ring Circus, Collection of the Oppenheimer2010, Folk Art Messenger, Spring 2010
2007, Ludwig, Kelly, DETOUR ART
2005, Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Ed) THE ARTIST’S BLUEBOOK
2004, Davenport, Ray DAVENPORT’S ART REFERENCE: The Gold Ed.
1999, Sellen, Betty-Carol, SELF TAUGHT,OUTSIDER AND FOLK ART,A GUIDE TO AMERICAN ARTISTS.
1997, Gordon, Ellin; Luck, Barbara, FLYING FREE: 20TH CENTURYSELF TAUGHT ART FROM THE GORDON COLLECTION.
1996, Rosenak, Chuck and Jan, CONTEMPORARY AMERICANFOLK ART, A COLLECTOR’S GUIDE.
1993, Sellen, Betty; Johnson, Cynthia, 20TH CENTURY AMERICANFOLK, SELF TAUGHT AND OUTSIDER ART.SELECT SHOWS
- Canton Art Museum, Canton, OH (Best of Ohio Show)- The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Group Show)- University of Illinois, Champaigne, IL (Group Show)- Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY(Group Show)- Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI (Group Show)- Old Dominion University, Roanoke, VA- Outider Art Fair, , NYC- Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE ( Group Show)- Folkfest, Atlanta, GA- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, ColonialWilliamsburg, VA (Flying Free: Collection of Self Taught Art,The Gordon Collection).
- The Pier Show, Chicao, IL
- Intuit, Chicago, IL (Group Show)
- Renwick Gallery, NYC, NY (Selected Letters, The RosenakCollection).- Museum of American Folk Art, NYC, NY (Benefit sale).- St. Petersburg Museum Of Art, St. Petersburg, FL(Florida Collects Folk Art).-Old Dominion University, Williamsburg, VA (collection, group shows.)- Kentucky Folk Art Center, Morehead, KY ( group show )- Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA ( Yearning to Breathe Free, collection of Baron and Ellin Gordon, 2011)- Longwood University, Farmville, VA- Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, Ohio-Ohio Arts Concil’s Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio-Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio- Cincinnatti Museum of Art , collection from Robert A. Lewis Collection. 2009COLLECTIONS-Springfield Museum of Art , (Springfield. Ohio)
-Cincinnati Museum of Art, (Cincinnati, Ohio)WORKSHOPS
- Alpine Elementary School (Artist in Residency)- Worthington Hills Elementary School (Artist in Residency)- Evening Street Elementary School (Artist in Residency)- The Wellington School (Artist in Residency)- Eakin Elementary School (Artist in Residency)- Burbank Elementary School (Artist in Residency)- Columbus Museum of Art (Lecture/Panel on Folk Art)- Gables Elementary School ( Artist in Residency)- Alexander Graham Bell School ( Artist in Residency)- Eli Pinney Elementary School ( Artists in Residency) 2010
Galleries
- Ann Nathan Gallery (Chicago, IL)- Frank Miele Gallery (NYC, NY)- Leslie Muth Gallery (Santa Fe, NM)- Outside In Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)- Roy G Biv Gallery (Columbus, OH)- Lindsay Gallery (Columbus, OH)- Lanning Gallery (Columbus, OH)- A Muse Gallery (Columbus, OH)- America, Oh Yes! (Hilton Head Is, SC)- Black Sheep Gallery (Nova Scotia, CAN)- Yard Dog Gallery (Austin, TX)- Ohio Art League Riffe Gallery (Columbus, OH)
* more galleries available at request.
Upcoming Shows
2014-Old Dominion University (Roanoke, VA ) Feb 2014
- R.A.W Gallery (Columbus, OH) Oct. 2014
- Springfield Museum of Art, (Springfield, Ohio) Oct 2014-Spring 2015.

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Levent Isik Original Vintage Outsider 3-D Artwork \"Adam & Eve\":
$1000.00