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Nihan Basak
What Keeps Mankind Alive
acrylics on film lacquer
20" x 16"
About the Work
What Keeps Mankind Alive takes its title from the closing song of the second act of Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera, written eighty years ago. The work is about posing questions of the economic and social urgencies of today as we live haunted by the fears of approaching global changes, consequences of which could have lasting disastrous effects.
About the Artist
Nihan Basak is a senior designer with ZAS Interiors in Toronto. Born in Istanbul, Nihan is a multidisciplinary artist coming from a long line of painters. After studying architecture, she moved to Holland to practice before moving to, and settling in, Toronto.
Her early work includes illustrations and animations for children's books and also collaborations with an animation studio to produce educational programs for children's TV.
In 1995 Nihan founded Atelier Oda, a design studio focusing on furniture and product design inspired by comic books and pop culture. In 2000 she won an award at the Idee international design competition in Japan.
Today Nihan produces paintings and sculptures about emotional land- scapes in abstract and representational styles.
Her works are currently in Engine and the Canadian Fine Arts galleries. She is represented by Beecroft Fine Arts.
