The Western Art Concept Is Not Enough To Tell Us

Academician and Poet Dr. Nurullah Genç said that society could not look at its own issues from its own values ​​and therefore it was insufficient to put forward its own understanding of art. In the fourth of the öy Conversations on Values ​​”program organized by Aksaray University (ASU) Values ​​Education Application and Research Center, Prof.Dr. Dr. Nurullah Genç made a presentation on “Art and Life”. Sabire Yazici Speaking at the event in the Conference Hall of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Young, the concept of art of earth civilization, art of fire civilization, there are problems in comparing the understanding of art. Sharing a determination of the late sociologist Erol Güngör on the subject, Genç said, “In a conversation with Erol Hodja, Osmanlı The Ottomans who went back after the Karlofça Treaty and the people who went back, began to live a vile complex called neden why are we being renewed?.. They could not take care of themselves; Science, science, the technique could not understand that they are left behind. They sought the explanation of the issue in the attacker, ‘so the aggressor is strong, we are weak, and therefore we are being renewed’. Thought so, they began to admire the attacker. Especially after the First World War, the people of our country could not find any enemies other than themselves ’. This determination is extremely important. The Western mentality and the art understanding of the Western world, which we take as a source of reference and direct focus in explaining our own issues, are not enough to explain us. We couldn't figure it out. When we do not look at our own values, we are inadequate in revealing our own understanding of art. ” The conference was followed by academics and students. Nurullah Genç, the new poetry book will be published in the coming months, he said. At the end of the event, ASU Director of Values ​​Education Application and Research Center Assoc. Dr. Prof. Dr. Zübeyir Ovacık for his participation. He thanked Genç.