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I was recently given another opportunity to choose ten artists from the 70,000 or so artists registered at the Saatchi Online Gallery to be featured in the Saatchi Gallery Magazine as well as choose one artist to be the Saatchi Online Critic’s choice. Take particular note of the extremely talented Volkan Diyaroglu who I think will become extremely successful in the near future. The selections I made are below.

SAATCHI ONLINE TOP 10 CHOSEN BY NICHOLAS FORREST
Regular Saatchi Online Magazine contributor and art market specialist Nicholas Forrest chooses 10 of his favourite artists registered on Saatchi Online.
Aj Moesby
Aj Moesby
Dave Menges
Dave Menges
Dorothea Schilling
Dorothea Schilling
Karl Martin Holzhaeuser
Karl Martin Holzhaeuser
Kornelis Smeenge
Kornelis Smeenge
Lars Heiberg
Lars Heiberg
Marc Hamilton
Marc Hamilton
Mia Yoon
Mia Yoon
Sisters Tate
Sisters Tate
Volkan Diyaroglu
Volkan Diyaroglu

VOLKAN DIYAROGLU: SAATCHI ONLINE CRITIC’S CHOICE BY NICHOLAS FORREST

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Volkan Diyaroglu is a young Turkish painter who was born in Istanbul on the 1st of May 1982 and currently resides in Valencia, Spain. After working in the studios of some prominent Turkish artists, Volkan undertook study at the Mimar Sinan University Fine arts faculty in Turkey and then at the UPV San Carlos Fine Arts Faculty in Valencia, Spain. Volkan has been the recipient of several scholarships including the Residence Cite International des Arts for 2007-2008 and has exhibited his work all over the world, the most recent of which was a solo show at the ArsLoca gallery in Valencia, Spain. His paintings are in many private, gallery and company collections around the world.

In a recent interview Volkan explained his methods:
“As far as the dripping technique goes, I’d like to say that I don’t use it as a technique per se. Pollock, for example, used it as a totally innovative technique but I wasn’t even aware of it when I started to paint like that. I simply paint on a canvas, on the floor and what you see from the outside as dripping, isn’t really dripping, they are accidents that happen when I am over the canvas. The paint drips a lot while I put on a colour. Of course I realize this afterwards but I don’t do this consciously to create an accident, the drips exist in my time and space, and since gravity also exists, they fall, and I accept them as they are. Many times I like the accidents more that I like what I unconsciously want to do. Lastly, it seems to me that Eastern and traditional art is purer even though this doesn’t mean anything. It’s neither better nor worse. My work at the same time also co-exists with both cultures. That’s normal, because I’ve been in both, in the West and in the East, I was born in the city of Istanbul which is the gateway between east and west.”

To see more of Volkan Diyaroglu’s work on his Saatchi Online profile page click here.

**Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art critic and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of http://www.artmarketblog.com, writes the art column for the magazine Antiques and Collectibles for Pleasure and Profit and contributes to many other publications.

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