Nilüfer Aktarıcı, Türkan Hasbay, Ebru Baran
(12.08. - 21.08. 2011)

Group Exhibition -Linocut

Nilüfer Aktarıcı
“I was born 1971 in Muğla. I completed my studies at the Painting Department of the Buca Education Faculty of the 9 Eylül University in Izmir. Until now I had one personal exhibition. The origin of the characters, reflected in my pictures, is my grandfather. I learned to love old people and to listen to them from my grandfather, whose face always smiled. I have been impressed by the changes life has left in their faces, hands, feet, bodies, because I believe that everything I live is collected in my bones. In the moment I work as art teacher at the Gymnasium for Fine Arts in Muğla.”

Ebru Baran
“I was born 1972 in Ankara. In 1994 I graduated from the Painting Department of the Gazi Education Faculty of the Gazi University. I opened 4 personal and participated in several group exhibitions. Momentarily I work as art teacher at the Gymnasium for Fine Arts in Muğla. Is it possible to find ‘reality’, living a life hidden behind the symbols and attributes of the apparent world…?  A fish doesn’t always has to be a ‘fish’… Didn’t a piece of wood in nature carry the possibility to be mankind’s first wheel?”

Türkan Hasbay
“I was born 1962 in Izmir. I graduated as graphic designer from the Painting Department of the Buca Education Faculty of the 9 Eylül University in Izmir in 1984. I opened 2 personal and participated in several group exhibitions. In my oil paintings and engravings I concentrate on capturing the ‘moment’, to depict cuts and subjects of a momentous life. In the moment I work as art teacher at the Gymnasium for Fine Arts in Muğla.”

Linocut is a Printing Method

Linocut is a carving technique on a hardy wax like surface. The cut out spaces appear white while the elevated parts come out black. The best paint to use is printer’s ink. When the drawing and carving work is finished, the picture appears by pressing the lino tablet on paper.