By Turgay Raşit, Köln
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Our painter Gönül Şen, who lives in Germany, complains that foreign artists in particular are at a disadvantage in Germany.
Gönül Şen stresses that in art there are no borders and no distinctions by origin or country: “Some galleries in particular stubbornly refuse to exhibit works by foreign painters. Yet in art there are no differences. An artist embraces the whole world and all people with love and gives them messages of peace and friendship.” Gönül Şen, who reports that galleries do not even give her the opportunity to exhibit because she is a foreigner, continues: “My pictures are not thematic. At their center are the colors, especially the color red. I don’t always deal with a theme in my pictures. Constantly working on particular themes doesn’t fit my understanding of art. I will keep working to achieve something in Germany. My husband, who is an artist like me, supports me a great deal. In February I am opening an exhibition in Düsseldorf, and in April I have an exhibition in Ankara.”
The report appeared in a Turkish newspaper (title and date are not preserved on the clipping). Translated from Turkish for senmenzel.com.
