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A group of artists from Cologne is showing the pictures and sculptures they have created so far in an exhibition in the foyer of the Handwerkerhof in Chorweiler. The artists, who have been meeting at weekends in Gönül Şen’s studio for two years, recently painted a minibus together.
After signing the minibus they had painted on the World Day against Racism, the artists moved on to the KÖL-TÜR exhibition space. On show are works by Gönül Şen, Hatice Balaban, Turap Tekmen, Nevin Gümüş, Gülüzar Büyülü, Fatoş Yılmaz Dageförde, Yaşar Aktaş, Muhterem Çevikalp, Codula Herx, Otto Jaeger and Birgit Königs.
Caption: Cologne artists showed their stance against racism in an unusual way: they painted a minibus in bright colors.
The report appeared in the European edition of Sabah on June 27, 1997. Translated from Turkish for senmenzel.com.
About the Exhibition
Exhibition 1997: Handwerkerhof, Cologne-Chorweiler – listed in the overview Exhibitions of Gönül Sen-Menzel.
More press coverage of this exhibition:
- “Colorful and Spontaneous” · Report · Kölnische Rundschau
- “How a Simple Bus Becomes a Work of Art” · Report · Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
About the Performance
Performance 1997: Car painting on Pariser Platz, Cologne – listed in the overview Exhibitions of Gönül Sen-Menzel.
More press coverage of this performance:
- “How a Simple Bus Becomes a Work of Art” · Report · Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
- “Colorful and Spontaneous” · Report · Kölnische Rundschau
