We are visiting the artist Mustafa Orkun Müftüoğlu at our 499th Art Meeting.

Born in Trabzon in 1973, Mustafa Orkun Müftüoğlu was a BA in the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Mimar Sinan University between 1990-1995, and a research assistant in the Painting Department at the same faculty between 1998-2006. He currently continues his duty as a professor.

Mustafa Orkun visualizes all these realities we experience in his works with symbolic, sometimes romantic and sometimes fantastic approaches. Human phenomena such as ambition, desire, fear, hope and weakness emerge as the reason for existence of his works. While creating the language and form of painting, Mustafa Orkun moves on the axis of reason, while adding emotion and intuition to the fictions he creates, he reaches a synthesis by making his own subject felt in his art.

The artist, who has participated in many exhibitions both domestically and internationally, continues his work in his studio in Istanbul.

*Our art meetings are free for our members, 500 TL for guests, and 250 TL for children under 12. We kindly ask that your guests deposit a donation to our association account before the trip.

Tuesday, March 25

12:00-13:00

Address: Meşrutiyet Mahallesi Kevser Sokak Özlem Apartmanı No:45 Flat:7 Osmanbey/Şişli

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In our 498th Art Meeting, we are visiting the Lale - Cengiz Akıncı Collection at the Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum.

The seven hundred piece collection donated by Lale and Cengiz Akıncı to the Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum (İRHM) in 2023 includes works of art from the 19th century to the 21st century. The collection, which Cengiz Akıncı began to create with the works of the period artists that his mother, the famous painter Naile Akıncı, a graduate of the State Fine Arts Academy, gave to him when he was only 16 years old, has developed over half a century and consists mainly of figurative and abstract works representing different periods from the 1930s to the present, printmaking, patterns that bring together different techniques, sculpture, ceramics and glass works.

The Dimension Difference Exhibition, which includes selected works from Lale-Cengiz Akıncı’s collections spanning many years and which were deemed worthy of the “Collector Honor Award” at the TÜYAP 19th International Art Fair, draws attention with its rich variety of paintings, sculptures, ceramics and glass works that the artists have produced by going beyond their own fields of production. Curated by Dr. Ali Kayaalp, the exhibition allows the development of Turkish plastic arts from the Early Republican period to the present day to be followed in a historical context.

Focusing on sculptures, ceramics and glass works, the exhibition aims to establish connections between the paintings in the collection and invites visitors to an artistic journey in different dimensions. The two-dimensional narrative that began with only paintings in the first exhibition titled “Artı700”, which opened in 2023, is carried to the world of volumes in the third dimension with this exhibition. Reflecting the richness and diversity of the collection brought together by the Akıncı couple, the exhibition tells a story of collecting as well as presents the lesser-known aspects of Turkish art to the audience with rare examples.

The exhibition also includes the work “Pano” by Atilla Galatalı, one of the founders of ceramic art in Turkey, for which he won first prize at the 3rd International Ceramics Biennial held in Vallauris, France in 1972. The work “Pano” won the award at the biennial where Pablo Picasso was the head of the jury.

In Dimension Difference, Halil Pasha, Ibrahim Calli, Sami Yetik, Feyhaman Duran, Huseyin Gezer, Zeki Kocamemi, Ali Avni Celebi, Hale Asaf, Zuhtu Muridoglu, Leopold Levy, Nuri Iyem, Ismail Hakki Oygar, Hakki Izet, Vedat Ar, Avni Arbas, Zeki Faik Izer, Burhan Uygur, Naile Akinci, Esref Uren, Nes'e Erdok, Tiraje Dikmen, Eren Eyuboglu, Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu, Neset Gunal, Sukriye Dikmen, Kuzgun Acar, Turan Erol, Fethi Arda, Adnan Turani, Fethi Kayaalp, Leyla Gamsiz, Tulin Ayta, Attila Galatali, Ruzin Galatali Gercin, Alev Ebuzziya, Bingul Basarir, Omur Bakirer, Devrim Erbil, Meric Hizal, Works by pioneers such as Rahmi Aksungur, Melike Abasıyanık Kurtiç, Jale Yılmabaşar and Füreya Koral are presented to us. We will tour the collection with a guide.

*Our art meetings are free for our members, 500 TL for guests and 250 TL for children over the age of 12. We kindly ask that your guests make a donation to our association account before the tour.

Tuesday, March 18

12:00-13:00

Address: Kılıçali Paşa, Meclis-i Mebusan Caddesi No:6, Beyoğlu

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As part of our 497th Art Meeting, we are visiting pianist Burçin Büke.

Burçin Büke was born in Izmir in 1966. He took his first piano lessons from his father, who was a pianist. He started working with Ali Ersümer from the age of six and gave his first concert when he was only 10 years old. In 1977, when he was 11 years old, he passed the "Wonderful Child" exam. As a result of this exam, Prof. Piano with Mithat Fenmen, Prof. He started theory and composition studies with İlhan Baran.

He represented Turkey at the Sofia Music Festival in 1979. In 1982, he completed the 11-year high school of Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory in 5.5 years. Then, with the state scholarship he won, he continued his education at the Music Academy in Hannover, Germany. Between 1984 and 1989, he participated in the Hannover New Music Festivals as a soloist and chamber musician. In 1992, he successfully completed the soloist exam of the Hanover Academy of Music.

Prof. in London. Benjamin Kaplan and Prof. in Italy. Special with Marvulli

496.As part of our Art Meeting, we are visiting the workshop of artist Huri Kiriş.

Huri Kiriş was born in Istanbul in 1980. He completed the Painting Department of Istanbul Anatolian Fine Arts High School and the Painting Department of Mimar Sinan University Faculty of Fine Arts. He received his master's degree in painting and proficiency in art degrees from the same university. Currently, he is working as a lecturer at the Department of Painting of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.

The artist has participated in various group exhibitions since 1995. These include the Changing Faces Group Painting Exhibition held at the State Fine Arts Gallery in 2005, the Young Deceptions Painting Exhibition held at the Pera Museum, and the Nuri Iyem Painting Competition Exhibition in 2008.

Huri Kiriş has presented her works to the audience in many national and international exhibitions. The Dialogues 1, held at Mana Contemporary, New York in 2017, Mixer in 2018, Animal Side, held in Istanbul, and Letters from Anatolia, opened at The Lightbox, Woking in the United Kingdom in 2019, are some of these exhibitions. In addition, he has won various awards such as the 2008 Nuri Iyem Painting Competition Achievement Award, the 2001 Ipek-Ahmet Merey Painting Competition Second Prize and the 2002 Ipek-Ahmet Merey Painting Competition Third Prize.

Kiriş's works take the viewer on a journey full of discovery in the present day, when truth has become a variable and individualizing concept. While Deconstructing the processes of seeing, understanding and knowing in depth, the artist aims to expand the boundaries of perception and establish new connections between different realities.

Reflecting the delicate balance between human, nature and culture Decently in his works, Rafter treats the act of seeing not only as a form of perception, but as an interrogative and transformative process. His paintings offer an alternative perspective against blind acceptance and passive beliefs, revealing layers of meaning beyond the visible.

The artist's recent works trace the traces of transience and transformation by addressing not only concrete spaces, but also the experience of existence with nature. The roles played by light, shadows and reflections create new areas of thinking about the ways of seeing in the artist's works with the possibilities of illusion and multi-layered expression. While Huri Kiriş explores the boundaries between perception and reality with her paintings, she invites the viewer to be a part of this process Dec.

*Our art meetings are free for our members, 500 TL for guests and 250 TL for children over the age of 12. For your guests, we ask that they be deposited as a donation to our association account before the trip. 

Tuesday, March 4th

12:00-13:00

Address: Pürtelaş Hasan Efendi Caddesi, Kumrulu Hill Street 10/3, Cihangir, Beyoğlu

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For our 495th art meeting, we visit Meşher, where approximately 300 books from the Ömer Koç Collection are on display. 

The exhibition, consisting of various rare artifacts from the Ömer Koç Collection, covers the period from the 15th century to the first quarter of the 20th century, when Istanbul was the Ottoman capital. A rich visual record of the city, the exhibition features more than 100 artifacts, including paintings of wide-angle views of Istanbul, engravings, rare books, albums, panoramic photographs, and objects from Istanbul's relics.

The producers of the works in the exhibition also show great diversity. From ship captains to travelers, from soldiers to ambassadors, from writers, painters and photographers to architects and urban planners, different techniques stand out in the works produced by Westerners, sometimes for political or military purposes, sometimes for aesthetic purposes. The images, which bear traces of the diplomatic relations, the transformations the city underwent, its multicultural structure and social life, are accompanied by excerpts from written sources. These excerpts create a dialog between the perspective of Western authors and artistic productions from 19th and early 20th century Ottoman/Turkish literature. The exhibition invites us to examine the diversity of the narrative and the diversity of the depictions, rather than to re-praise the city. We visit the collection with a guide. 

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*Our art meetings are free of charge for our members, 500 TL for guests and 250 TL for children over 12 years old. For your guests, we kindly ask you to make a donation to our association account before the trip. 

Tuesday, February 25

12:00-13:00

Address: Meşher, Tomtom Mahallesi, Istiklal Caddesi No: 211, Beyoglu

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In our 494th art meeting, we visit artist Çağla Ulusoy.

Çağla Ulusoy (b.1989, Istanbul) moved to New York to attend classes at the Student's League of New York. Here, she met the American artist Pat Lipsky, one of the world's leading artists in the field of color in painting, who mentored her for two years, and by having the opportunity to study and work alongside him, Ulusoy developed her own technique. In 2018, she completed her master's degree in painting at the Royal College of Art in London. The artist lives and works in Istanbul.

Having lived and studied in many countries, Ulusoy's paintings are a distinct blend of different cultures. The artist never ceases to cross borders and embrace the foreign elements, histories and traditions she encompasses. Çağla Ulusoy's painting practice intertwines a rich sense of color with a unique style that emphasizes the surface of the canvas. In her approach to painting, Ulusoy plays with the idea of layers of color accumulating on the surface of the canvas to create ambiguous spaces. In his abstract and complex compositions, the artist reinterprets and recreates real memories and images from the past that have affected his consciousness.

*Our art meetings are free of charge for our members, 500 TL for their guests and 250 TL for children over 12 years old. We kindly ask guests to make a donation to our association account before the trip. 

Tuesday, February 18

12:00-13:00

Address: Belkıs Dilligil Çıkmazı Keçecizade Fuat Paşa Mansion 8/1 D.2 Moda 

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