The Harem D’Avignon is 100 Years Old

2008
Picasso’s Demoiselles D’Avignon (1907) has been one of the old time inspiration sources for Bedri Baykam since 1980 and he has done several referential works commenting to the Spaniard painters masterpiece. Also, Baykam’s 1987 photo-colage I Wish I had a Harem whose original is in the collection of İstanbul Modern, often gets “married” to the Demoiselles as the two theme perfectly match. In this 4D lenticular piece, young Picasso from the days in which he painted the Demoiselles stands near Baykam sitting in his “Harem”. The Avignon ladies are in the background of the work whereas the front is occupied one more time with Baykam’s North European models, Linnea (Sweden) and Suzanna (Czech). Baykam’s 4D lenticular references of Demoiselles d’Avignon had also been shown in Picasso Museum in Barcelone in 2014 in an exhibition bringing together some of the most important international contemporary artists.
- 71" x 47.24" in (180 x 120 cm) Edition of 3 + AP
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Message in the Bottle

2008
Baykam works with several nude models for his paintings as well as his photography. This is one of his Czech models from Prague Suzanna, This piece is one of the pioneer for these, that comes as a simple, surrealistic landscapes with the seagulls flying over a lady getting a sun tan, while laying gracefully on the ocean. The Message in The Bottle, approaches her but we don’t know what life will bring. Seagulls are watching over her, as the cloud is taken from one of Baykam’s abstract paintings as a reminiscence of his continuous interest in multimedia. The island far away is a parody of New York, Manhattan. One of the main centers of attention where Baykam showed continuously as a young struggling artist in the early 80s.
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71" x 47.24" in (180 x 120 cm) Edition of 3 + AP
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