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Ethan Cohen Gallery is pleased to announce its first solo exhibition of Belkıs Balpınar, a groundbreaking textile artist and Turkey’s leading authority working in the
kilim format. A pioneer in the field, her work draws from the twelve thousand year old tradition of kilim weaving in Turkey while completely transforming the medium with unprecedented techniques and ideas, bringing the ancient tradition into the sphere of contemporary art.

A traditionally feminine art, weaving and tapestry making has long been seen primarily as ‘craft’ rather than an artistic pursuit, due in large part to it …