Post-1980 inspiration in Turkish painting art

In this research, the sources of inspiration of the artists who produced works after 1980 in Turkish Painting Art were examined. Inspiration has also inevitable positive aspects for artists as a conscept. Every artist has it's own sources of inspiration. These are culture, local resources and tangible or nonobjective entities which has an impact on the artist. We can comprehend artists' art works better by breaking down their sources of inspiration. Being aware of how artists utilize their sources of inspiration and by which method and technique they synhesize their own art works can make us render the easthetics of the art work by providing us better understanding. Qualitative research methods were used in this thesis study. Literature was reviewed by benefiting form academic publications, journals, articles, books, periodicals and virtual resources. In addition, the aspects of inspiration were tried to be revealed by analyzing the works of artists. This research consists of chapters. In the present study, inspiration and the concomitant concepts are explained and the works of artists who have built in the painting art and whose sources of inspiration are expressed by the artists themselves or by the critics are chosen. The study is limited to seventeen artists who built art works in Turkish Art after 1980. The existence of inspiration in the works of the selected artists were noticed and tried to be explained in the context of literature. It can be said that making a general judment based on the general analysis of artist's inspirations is infeasible but refering to tradition has an impact as a source of inspiration.