15 Facts About Kuzgun Acar

Abdulahet Kuzgun Cetin Acar was an Afro-Turk sculptor well known for his works in metal.

Kuzgun Acar is best known for his abstract sculptures and is considered one of the pioneers of modern sculptures in Turkey.

Kuzgun Acar was born in Istanbul to Nazmi Acar and his wife Ayse Zehra, who was a sub-Saharan African woman of either West or Central African origin, arriving from a Libyan port, or from Ethiopian origin.

Kuzgun Acar graduated from high school at Istanbul Sultanahmet Ticaret Lisesi.

Kuzgun Acar married for a third time in 1971 to Fersa Pulhan.

Kuzgun Acar died on 4 February 1976, aged 47, from intracerebral hemorrhage, following his fall from a ladder while he was working on a wall relief.

Kuzgun Acar worked with wire mesh, making sculptures reminiscent of Naum Gabo.

Kuzgun Acar taught painting at Istanbul Ataturk High School and painting-sculpturing at the high school he finished.

Kuzgun Acar displayed his sculpture works in wire at a personal exhibition in the American news Center in 1957.

Kuzgun Acar's work, created with nails, was awarded the first prize at the Biennale de Paris in 1961.

Kuzgun Acar went to Paris on the scholarship and worked there for one year.

Kuzgun Acar's work was displayed at the Musee d'Art in 1962.

Kuzgun Acar took part at the Museum of modern art in Le Havre and Galerie Lacloche in Paris with his private exhibitions in 1962 and 1963.

Kuzgun Acar accompanied the street theater Devrim Icin Hareket, which played at squares, strikes and protest rallies in 1968.

Kuzgun Acar joined a group of foreign mountaineers to Eastern Anatolia for the shooting of a documentary movie promoted by the daily Milliyet's campaign "Bogaz'a Degil Zap Suyu'na Kopru".