Gönül Sen-Menzel Exhibits at Cologne City Hall – Report in Hürriyet

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The Turkish painter’s works were very well received

The painter Gönül Şen has opened an exhibition at Cologne City Hall. Mayor Gepa Maibaum spoke at the opening.

Cologne (Hürriyet) – The exhibition by the Turkish painter Gönül Şen at Cologne City Hall met with great interest. In her opening speech, Mayor Gepa Maibaum said that the Cologne city administration is determined to support foreign artists and that foreign artists play an important role in making the problems of foreigners known to the public.

The exhibition, which is open until January 31, 1988, was visited with admiration by a large audience of Turkish and German art lovers. At the opening, Gönül Şen’s teacher at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Prof. Günter H. Blecks, also praised the Turkish painter’s works: “Gönül Şen is an artist who loves to use a lot of color in her works. That comes from her worldview: she strives for a colorful life rich in beauty.”

Caption: Gönül Şen’s exhibition of paintings at Cologne City Hall was very well received. Mayor Gepa Maibaum (left) and Prof. Günter H. Blecks of the Düsseldorf Art Academy congratulated Gönül Şen (beside them) on her success at the opening. Numerous Turkish and German art lovers came to the exhibition, organized by the Cologne teachers’ association (above).

The report appeared in the European edition of Hürriyet on January 15, 1988 (front page, continued on p. 3). Translated from Turkish for senmenzel.com.