Construction of the theme of woman and animal in contemporary Turkish performer Ci̇hat Burak

This postgraduate thesis lays stress on the association of tamability of woman and gaining a place in society with her biological fertility and dependence to her place of woman as a domesticated individual and tamability of animal obliquely, analysing themes of woman and animal in painting of contemporary turkish performer, Cihat Burak. It is observed that what senses animals which are used by performer make in different cultures in the history of world, how reflect they on the history of art and in which period they are used before Cihat Burak or after him and which performers they are used by. İt is put emphasis on that how the circumstance of being subject of woman who is associated with orientalism and being object of man and that he generally make use of painting of animal and woman are overcame by Cihat Burak with an ironic turn of phrase which is special to him, concept of odalisque is examined with orientalist examples in the history of art and references which are made to tradition of odalisque with black humour are demonstrated.