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When you think of nature in art, your mind might drift to the soft pastels of Claude Monet’s dreamy water lilies or J. M. W. Turner’s serene British landscapes, with their rich hues of golden sunsets and deep blues of the sea. Yet, for Turkish contemporary expressionist Eser Gündüz, nature wears a much different shade – one tinged with grey. “Nature for many is just this romantic, crystallised image that we see in old paintings. However I think this is a bit reductive and outdated. When I compare these paintings to what I see in nature today, it’s very different. Now it feels darker, emptier, …

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