Exlibris as a Form of Producing Art and a Review on Erkin Keskin’s Exlibris Art

Abstract

Combining his knowledge and experiences on the printmaking and the art of graphic design with the exlibris art, Erkin Keskin is one of the prominent exlibris artists of our country. In this paper, it has been, both technically and theoretically, reviewed the exliblis works by Erkin Keskin that he has designed for his own name. During the review, it has been analyzed the methods and techniques the artist used, and observed his production phases. The artist’s exliblis works have been categorized within five different topics, that is, producing process, defining, analyzing, interpretation and conclusion, and the results acquired have been presented within the paper. The objective of the paper entitled “Exlibris As A Form Of Producing Art And A Review On Erkin Keskin’s Exlibris Art” is to put emphasis on the fact that the exlibris art will not continue its existence merely as another practice, and that reviewing exlibris works is as important as producing them as well, and to create awareness of Erkin Keskin’s works by remarking his contribution to the Turkish Exliblis Art. This review on Erkin Keskin’s exlibris art intends to become a precedent for meeting the need to increase the number of theorical studies on the exlibris art in Turkey.