The painters Hülya Topaktaş-Nurcan Taşdemir duo, who graduated from Akdeniz University (AU) Faculty of Fine Arts (GSF) Painting Department, brought together and exhibited their works titled 'Life and Death' and 'Insects of Nature' in the gallery belonging to art critic Hasan Tırmaş.
The opening of the exhibition was made by the lecturers of the painting department they graduated from, Assoc. Prof. Nevin Yavuz Azeri, Assoc. Prof. Umut Kayapınar, Assoc. Prof. Ilgaz Özgen Topçuoğlu, Lecturer Hande Rasgeldi, and the head of the photography department, Dr. Lecturer Nafia Özdemir. The lecturers praised the academic works of their students Hülya Topaktaş and Nurcan Taşdemir and congratulated them for their successful works.
Painter Hülya Topaktaş, who continues her painting works in her own studio, provided information about the techniques and interpretations she applied in her works titled 'Life and Death'. Topaktaş emphasized that death has no opposite and that death is always right and merciless. Topaktaş continued his words as follows;
"I discovered this feature of death and made it the subject of my paintings. Art is a tool in this struggle. I created an intellectual language about the body in my works. While questioning existence on the subject that the body has, I tried to explain the importance of life and that everything is temporary by creating a melancholy and unsettling atmosphere through calmness and simplicity."
Painter Nurcan Taşdemir, who continues her paintings on insect species, which are natural creatures, invites us to think about the relationship established with insect species that are part of nature, as well as having an aesthetic and visual experience in her works. Taşdemir said, "Just like an entomologist, I organize the natural materials I collect from nature on my canvases. I reflect the integrated connection between today's art and entomology, which is the science of insects, in my works. Insects are not only an aesthetic element; they are also witnesses and representatives, and I point to a lost ecological balance."
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