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 Paintings Of Travels To Bhutan Jan 10, 2011
By Duygu
"D.y.KIVANC"
KIRKUS DISCOVERIES:
Artist and first-time author Kivanc offers readers a glimpse into the mysterious and exotic kingdom
of Bhutan, where she lived from 1984 to 1987.
Kivanc presents works inspired by her three years in Bhutan in narrative text and mixed-media pictures
totaling 38 pages, making this a brief art book. In addition to paintings of the South Asian nation, the
artist has included illustrations of her native Turkey as well as Hawaii and a more abstract work entitled
"Peace." The artwork is somewhat stylized with characteristically solid elements flowing together to create
the scene. The assembled paintings evoke a vivid sense of time and place. While Kivanc clearly experiments
with various media, a strong aesthetic point of view is present in each composition too. A few of
the best works can be compared with Gauguin in terms of their unnatural color palette and the use of flat
interconnecting shapes. These works include "Child Carrying Child" and "Palace Gate Road." Readers who enjoy the style of David Hockney's
landscapes will also enjoy "Hills" and "Through the Window <3," in which soft flowing swathes of fantastical colors evoke a panorama. The
subjects of the paintings are mostly landscapes, or women and children. Unfortunately, readers cannot always be sure that the colors in the originals
have been faithfully represented in the book. The occasional pixilation ("Paro Valley") or use of dark murky colors ("Village Scene" and
"Entrance to the Dzong") gives the impression that some elements from the original paintings were not reproduced well. Sticklers for detail may
lament that the original dimensions of the artwork aren't mentioned in the book. However, the text--while minimal--is straight to the point and
fascinating.
Given its brevity, more of an art appetizer than a main dish.
Kivanc, Duygu
PAINTINGS OF TRAVELS
TO BHUTAN
Xlibris (38 pp.)
$22.99; $18.99 paperback
January 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4257-4648-3
Paper: 978-1-4257-2165-7
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Yikes! Color paintings on a black & white Kindle!? Jul 14, 2010
By Z. Marta
OK, I should have perhaps read the review more carefully, but this really is a book of color paintings (and paintings only -- that is not a metaphor) with annotations. So, I suggest strongly that the description indicate at least that a color Kindle is required. Also, the paintings are broken up into about 6 pages (non-regular sized images) so that even if you were interested in seeing the paintings in black & white they do not paginate correctly.
Now, the English. This book should *never* have made it through publishing. On each page there are about 15 mistakes. It was so bad it was hard to read. Capitalization either missing or added; punctuation abused; grammar not present; wrong words used; correct spelling absolutely lacking.
This book should not be purchased. This book should *not* be made available on a Kindle.
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