One of Adnan Turani's silk-screens at the Meridian International Center.
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• All 70-plus prints in Meridian International Center's latest exhibition were made in the Istanbul studio of printmaker Suleyman Saim Tekcan. Renowned in his homeland, Tekcan has educated several generations in the ways of etching and screen printing, introducing advanced European techniques into schools across his country. By 1974, he'd established the first professional print studio in Turkey, a space that quickly became a hub. Still, the works turned out by Tekcan and his students have a distinctly anachronistic feel, lagging decades behind their European and American contemporaries. In 1999, Adnan Turani produced an untitled silk-screen with the big blocky forms of a Henri Matisse cutout, circa 1950. Besides abstraction, there's plenty of folk art themed work and a handful of landscapes.
"Anatolian Impressions: Artists Prints From the Istanbul Studio of Master Tekcan" at the Meridian International Center, White-Meyer Galleries, 1624 Crescent Pl. NW, Wednesday-Sunday 2-5 p.m., 202-939-5568, to Jan. 23.
