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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1979–2008 creation date earliest: 1979 creation date latest: 2008 current location: creditline: Gift of Angela Dogançay copyright: --- culture: Turkey, 20th century technique: collage, acrylic, sand, fumage, and coffee stains on canvas department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Burhan Dogançay (Turkish, 1929–2013) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 142.2 x 203.2 cm (56 x 80 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Islamic art rotation opening date: 2016-12-21T05:00:00 Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 21, 2016-December 4, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES