Burchan Dogancay: Works on Paper 1951-2000 - Hardcover

Burham Dogancay's wide-ranging art combines close observation and compositional rigour with a drive toward radical innovation. Works on paper are the leading edge of his experimentation, the first - and frequently the most dynamic - drafts of a new composition. Gathering subjects from a rich photographic archive made during his travels as a diplomat, as well as found traces from the urban milieu in which he lives, Dogancay's art is an authentic optical testimony pursued on a global scale. Presented here are sketches and drawings, watercolours and gouaches, fumage pieces, collages, and mixed-medium renderings produced by Dogancay over a period of five decades.

Richard Vine is Managing Editor at Art in America. Thomas Messer is Director Emeritus, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. He lives in New York City.