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The exhibition by Gönül Şen, who works in Germany, can be seen at the Artemis art center from April 3 to 26.
The artist, who settled in Cologne in 1981, graduated in 1989 from the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the class of Prof. Schiff and completed her postgraduate studies at the same academy. She is currently working on projects together with Prof. Blecks.
The source of her pictures is the people of an oversaturated, pampered society accustomed to inertia. At the center of her themes is liberation: breaking free from difficulties and obstacles, giving expression to the power of artistic experience gathered over years … Colors, too, assert their dominance in Şen’s pictures. Light colors convey light, liveliness, friendship and freedom; dark colors, by contrast, oppression, confinement and limitation.
Caption: In Gönül Şen’s pictures, the people of a society accustomed to inertia stand out.
The notice appeared in the newspaper Son Havadis on April 2, 1996, p. 3. Translated from Turkish for senmenzel.com.
About the Exhibition
Exhibition 1996: Artemis (Istanbul) – listed in the overview Exhibitions of Gönül Sen-Menzel.
More about the art center: Gönül Sen-Menzel and the Artemis Art Center in Istanbul
More press coverage of this exhibition:
- “Gönül Şen at Artemis” · Exhibition Notice · Yeni Yüzyıl
- “Art Diary” · Exhibition Notice · Spor Gazetesi
- “Gönül Şen, Cheerful Pictures” · Exhibition Notice · Tempo (Hürriyet)
