Even Flowers ied in 2020 2021
I'm hugely influenced by Dada and Neo-Dada.
In this photography project, I explore a peculiar combination of photography, painting & collage.
I create three-dimensional collages with found objects, food, and cheaply printed old paintings.
I turn pre-existing works of art into Duchampian ready mades and photograph them.
I use strong shadows, layering, crumpling, and folding effects to give a three-dimensional sense in the final work.
I reduce the details and forms of painting by covering objects, and food.
Copies of old masters paintings initially evoke viewers' memories.
By using unexpected juxtapositions of objects, I try to create ambiguity and pull viewers' attention deeper into my photographs.
In many ways, I examine new type of still life.
Hairy 2017
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Zeren Badar
United States
Zeren Badar is a self-taught conceptual artist living in New York City & New Orleans. He is originally from Turkey. His works have been exhibited internationally including in Aperture Foundation, New York; The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO; Aljira Center of Contemporary Art NJ. He is obsessed with art. He enjoys long walks all around the city and takes long breaks at art shows.