GODDESS CYBELE AND UMAY ANA İN CONTEMPORARY TURKİSH ART

Abstract

In the past and today, many artists have made artistic productions based on their mythologies and cultures. It is seen that they are trying to convey their mythology and culture with works from all branches of art. In this research, it is studied how the cult of Goddess Cybele, which is considered as a subject in plastic arts, and the cult of Umay Ana, which is included in Turkish Mythology, reflected in Contemporary Turkish Art, from the Anatolian mythology and culture field, which has a very wide structure. In the research, the works of Neslihan Kıyar, one of the artists who reflect the cult of Goddess Cybele to her works, and the works of Can Göknil, who reflects the cult of Umay Ana to her works, are discussed. At the same time, the focus was on the original work of researcher Barış Bozok, "Umay Ana". The data were obtained through literature review and work review, one of the qualitative research methods. As a result of this research, in which the reflections of the Cybele and Umay cult, which continue their existence in today's Anatolian culture, on Contemporary Turkish Art; It is seen that the studies of the cult of Umay are less discussed compared to the cult of Cybele. The main characters of Kibele and Umay, both representing fertility, abundance and strong woman, are the characters who preserve their values in cultural life as goddesses.