An Inappropriate Reflection of Guilt Collection
Namik Ozturk b.1962
EXPLOITATION OF CREATIVITY
Signed Ozturk (bottom right)
Oil, Charcoal, Marker Pen, Pencil on Linen Canvas
40 by 30 in. 101 by 76 cm
Created in late Spring 2011.
PROVENANCE - Owned by the artist
EXHIBITED
GlaxoSmithKline Brentford London September 2011
The workings (drawings and study) surround a painting of legendary Vincent Van Gogh. Creating this image was very important to Ozturk; his research into one of the greatest expressionist/impressionist’s of all time revealed the massive exploitation of this artist. Van Gogh was never financially rewarded in any great way for his art. People simply did not get his ideas and style whilst he was alive.
So what does Ozturk image have to do with the homeless? Quite simply this; everybody has a talent regardless of its nature; thousands of homeless people’s talents will never be discovered. Soon after Van Gogh died, his work began to sell across the Globe. Today, companies, individuals and even forgers have been making millions out of his work ever since. In the 21st Century we continue to ignore talent and opportunities are wasted, even from a homeless person’s point of view. The majority of people passing by a person sleeping rough would not even think what talents this person may possess.
