Mustafa Ayaz Retrospective = Mustafa Ayaz Retrospektifi. [Exhibition catalogue]. September 25 - November 23, 2018. Texts by Hasan Pekmezci. Designed by Emre Senan.

Istanbul: Türkiye Is Bankasi Kültür Yayinlari, 2018. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperback. 4to. (30,5 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 164 p., color ills. This book has been prepared in coordination with "Mustafa Ayaz Retrospective" Exhibition held at Is Sanat Kibele Gallery between September 25 - November 03, 2018. Bringing prominent Turkish painters together with art enthusiasts, Is Sanat Kibele Gallery will display the colorful and figurative pieces of Mustafa Ayaz, who celebrates his 50th year in art, in the first exhibition of the season.The artist describes art as transforming love, joy of life and desires on the future, and he exposes his colorful crush on figures and themes at the exhibition. By observing the unique figures, art lovers will have the chance to witness his journey of painting and how his style has changed over time. Ayaz produced abstract-expressionist pieces in his very first years in art and changed his way toward an understanding of calligraphy in the 1970s. As he had the chance to closely observe the daily lives of locals in Turkey's Black Sea region due to his origins, he started to produce pieces promoting women. With the woman figures he features in his works and his own portrait, Ayaz makes references to the relationship between women and men and he emphasizes the flamboyant woman image he portrays all the time.