id:			86408
accession number:	2015.163
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.163
updated:		2023-08-23 17:54:22.876000

Peace Partners, 1979–2008. Burhan Dogançay (Turkish, 1929–2013). Collage, acrylic, sand, fumage, and coffee stains on canvas; overall: 142.2 x 203.2 cm (56 x 80 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Angela Dogançay 2015.163

title:				Peace Partners
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creation date:			1979–2008
creation date earliest:		1979
creation date latest:		2008
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creditline:			Gift of Angela Dogançay
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culture:	Turkey, 20th century
technique:	collage, acrylic, sand, fumage, and coffee stains on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Burhan Dogançay (Turkish, 1929–2013)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 142.2 x 203.2 cm (56 x 80 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2016-12-21T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 21, 2016-December 4, 2017).

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PROVENANCE

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On a visit to Cairo in 1979 Dogançay photographed superimposed torn posters of US President Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt from 1970 until he was assassinated in 1981. Three decades after the intense negotiations that resulted in a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, Dogançay incorporated the photographic images from the streets of Cairo amid graffiti and other worn publicity images, including a Pepsi logo with Arabic script, implying that American businesses profited too from the peace accord.

The red handprints in the upper right might reference a traditional sign of protection. They are also links to some of humanity’s first wall art: the hand prints in the Gargas caves in the Pyrenees. Alternatively, they may be a grim reminder of ubiquitous acts of violence in modern society.
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