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Nil Yalter was born in 1938 in Cairo, Egypt where she lived until the age of four. She is Turkish and later in her life became also a French national. She received her education from Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey. She started painting at an early age and took dance and ballet classes. In 1956 she traveled to India on foot while practicing pantomime. She had her first exhibition of paintings inspired by this travel at the French Cultural Institute in Mumbai (Bombay) in 1957. Between 1963–1964 she worked as stage and costume designer for theatre companies in Istanbul. In 1963 she participated at the 3rd Paris Biennale with abstract compositions under the curatorship of Nurullah Berk. [Wikipedia]
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NilYalter, 1974 - La femme sans tête ou la danse du ventre
Fragmento de la pieza 'La femme sans tête ou la danse du ventre' Nil Yalter, 1974 Yalter nació en El Cairo y estudió en Istanbul. Esta pieza recupera el texto de René Nelli 'Erotique et civilisation': « la femme véritable est à la fois convexe et concave, mais encore fautil qu'on ne l'ait point privée, moralement ou physiquement, du centre principal de sa convexité : le clitoris... » Videgrabado @ Istanbul Modern, verano de 2009
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