Gönül Sen-Menzel Assembles Landscapes from Many Single Pictures

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Abstract landscapes, generously painted in clear, strong colors, dominate the exhibition by Gönül Sen, whose art can be seen at Galerie Gerda Türke from today (7:30 p.m.).

Besides steel blue and grass green, her favorite color, red, above all dominates the scene. “I like these active colors,” says the artist, who paints her pictures in acrylic on canvas. She is inspired by her Turkish homeland, by harbors in vacation resorts or by the Rhine landscape in and around Cologne, where she has her small studio “in the Stollwerck”.

“Unfortunately my studio is too small. I love painting big pictures so much,” says Gönül Sen. She gets around the lack of space with a trick: each of her landscapes consists of several single pictures that can also hang on their own. But only the combination with the others shows the complete landscape. For the artist, however, the subject is less important than color and composition.

“I work on a concept for a long time. But then I paint very quickly. I try to let the fast pace of our time flow into my pictures,” Gönül Sen says, describing her working style. Besides the landscapes, the exhibition also shows abstract portraits. The works can be seen at the gallery, Johannesstraße 8 a, until May 3, only on Thursdays (5–8:30 p.m.), Saturdays (4–8:30 p.m.) and Sundays (11 a.m.–1 p.m.). (grö)

Original caption: The artist Gönül Sen in front of one of her large-format landscapes.