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On the initiative of the Arkadaş Theater and the Cologne Cultural Office, an exhibition of paintings by the Cologne-based painter Gönül Şen will open on December 16.
At the opening at Cologne City Hall, Lord Mayor Norbert Burger, Prof. Günther H. Blecks of the Düsseldorf Art Academy and Necati Şahin of the Arkadaş Theater will speak. At the opening at 7 p.m., Orhan Temur will play the saz, and the composer Şanar Yurdatapan will present his work “Anadolu”.
Gönül Şen’s pictures can be seen at Cologne City Hall from December 17 to January 31, Mondays to Fridays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The report appeared in the weekly newspaper Türkiye Postası on December 18, 1987, p. 11 (“Sanat-Kültür” section). The clipping bears the signature “gönül”. Translated from Turkish for senmenzel.com.
About the Exhibition
Exhibition 1987: Cologne City Hall – listed in the overview Exhibitions of Gönül Sen-Menzel.
More press coverage of this exhibition:
- “Lively Pictures from Colorful Everyday Life” · Exhibition Report · Kölnische Rundschau
- “A Mosaic in the Middle of Germany” · Opening Speech · Arkadaş Magazin
- “Applause for Gönül Şen’s Works” · Exhibition Report · Hürriyet
- “Pictures by the Painter Gönül Sen” · Short Review · Source unknown
