Gönül Sen-Menzel: Memorial Exhibition in Her Studio – Report in Chorweiler Panorama

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Art scene · June 11, 2014 · chorweiler-panorama.de

On June 11, 2014, the district news portal Chorweiler Panorama published the press release of district mayor Cornelie Wittsack-Junge on the memorial exhibition for Gönül Sen-Menzel.

The release honors Gönül Sen-Menzel (1949–2014) as a charismatic Turkish-German painter of boundless creativity, whose lively, color-intense painting shaped many artists as a mentor and role model. Over 25 years, her studio in Cologne-Volkhoven had become a place of encounter, and she had played a decisive part in shaping the art scene in the north of Cologne, for example with the project “Kunst(T)räume Chorweiler”.

The release highlights her painting of movement in real time – in open-air performances with dancers in Marseille in 2013 and on Pariser Platz in Chorweiler –, her studies in Istanbul and at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, where she graduated as a master student, exhibitions in more than 200 galleries, and her work as an art teacher and children’s book author. Her strong sense of justice is described as a defining trait: she stood up for women’s rights, for children and against oppression.

The memorial exhibition took place on June 28, 2014, in her studio at Volkhovener Weg 209–211, with the participation of the artists’ group KÖL-TÜR, which she founded in 1983. District mayor Wittsack-Junge opened it at 2 p.m., followed by live painting and music.

More about the exhibition:Memorial Exhibition for Gönül Sen-Menzel in Her Studio.

Original article (in German): https://chorweiler-panorama.de/2014/06/11/gedenkausstellung-fuer-goenuel-sen-menzel/