Galeri Zilberman

 

Fırat Neziroğlu’s work is a negotiation with the tradition of painting.  Although the subject matter of his work is pretty mundane - he captures everyday moments that often go unnoticed- his singular approach coupled with his choice of materials, make his paintings strikingly original.  A combination of stitching and weaving, his work both reinvigorates the traditional technique of weaving and extends the possibilities of painting.

Fırat Neziroğlu (b. 1981, Izmir,) lives and works in Istanbul and Izmir. His last solo exhibition was at Cda-Projects, Istanbul (2011). His labor intensive works are in many private collections in Europe and the Middle East.

 

Galeri Zilberman, İstanbul / 2013

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Art Monaco

 

...Turkish dancer and artist extraordinaire. What is most commendable about his work, alongside his very visible talent as a weaver, is his challenge of gender stereotypes. His works depicts a multitude of scenes, all rooted in a sense of joie de vivre, but are all communicated via the medium of tapestry weaving which is traditionally, in the Middle East, a very feminine role. Neziroglu, being a trained dancer as well as a talented weaver, sends a message out to the west about Turkey's increasingly liberal mindset amidst its very conservative neighbours.

 

Artlyst, London / 2013

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Siemens Sanat
 "Fırat Neziroğlu duplicatesand ceremonializes the causality of a current form, using a weaving technique"

 Mürteza Fidan, T. Melih Görgün / April 2009​

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28. Contemporary Artists

 

"Fırat Neziroğlu depicts a very profane view of a peeing boy in life-size portrait. Althought hand-woven rug seems modest it becomes quiet challenging within a steril gallery spaces. While critical in white cube which symbolizes the elitist art, it removes the binaries of life/art and in/out."                                                                                                                                                                     

 

Simona Vidmar, Derya Yücel / June 2009