Visibility and Meaning in Contemporary Art

Bihter Akyol Dayi (ed)
Trabzon University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5651-7661
Burcu Özyonar Çırak (ed)
Trabzon University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9335-1576

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The relationship between visibility and meaning in contemporary art opens up a multilayered field of inquiry within aesthetic, conceptual, and artistic production contexts. The concept of visibility offers a theoretical framework that shifts the focus from what the image represents to how and through which perspectives it is constructed and interpreted. Based on the premise that the visible is a domain of representation shaped within social, political, and cultural contexts, the processes through which images are produced and meaning is constructed in contemporary art practices are critically examined.

Within this framework, visibility is addressed along the axes of representation, perception, body, space, identity, memory, power, and technology. The processes of meaning-making in the visual realm are analyzed through both theoretical approaches (including visual culture studies, aesthetic theory, and theories of representation) and contemporary artistic practices, enabling a pluralistic perspective.

Through artist and artwork analyses conducted within the framework of interdisciplinary artistic practices, this study aims to reconsider the relationship between visibility and meaning through concrete examples and to contribute to the deepening of theoretical debates in this field.

How to cite this book

Akyol Dayi, B. & Özyonar Çırak, B. (eds.) (2026). Visibility and Meaning in Contemporary Art. Özgür Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.58830/ozgur.pub1343

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June 29, 2026

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