ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
The ‘Istanbul Miniatures’ will open Nov. 12 at Metrocity.
The “Istanbul Miniatures” exhibition will be on display between Nov. 12 and 21 at the MetroCity Shopping Mall. The exhibition was made possible by the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency’s traditional arts directorate and the Cahide Keskiner workshop.
Keskiner, who has formed her own style in today’s miniature art, is one of the few doyennes of the Turkish art of miniatures. She has been a lecturer at Mimar Sinan University’s department of traditional Turkish ornamental arts since 1982 and was granted the Mevlana Grand Award by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture in 2000.
The exhibition will feature important elements of Istanbul’s urban life in miniature works in an effort to develop and continue the art of miniature with a modern aesthetic.
Exhibited works by artists Sabiha Bayhan Koç, Zehra Çekin, Tülin Gönültaş, Çiğdem Tunçer, Ebru Kızılırmak, Aynur Gürsoy, Asiye Okumuş, Bahriye Balkaç, Çiğdem Mercan, Esra Altındoğan, Olcay Çetinok and Nükhet Sağıroğlu along with Keskiner will help document and commemorate Istanbul’s nearly forgotten assets.
A total of 72 miniatures depicting four themes – “Great Walls,” “Wall Gates,” “Monumental Trees” and “Sea-side Mansions of Istanbul” – are in the exhibition, which can be visited free of charge at the mall.
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