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days in motion

2011 – 2012

ART SEASON

NUROL ART GALLERY

Yüksel MADEN
Manager of Nurol Art Gallery
www.nurolsanat.com

Leaving behind a successful year, Nurol Art Gallery is now Dear art lovers as you will appreciate that taking an
turning to a new season and yet feeling the excitement exhibition to abroad is very important for the gallery,
of the first day… the artist and the country but it is also very difficult.
Procedures are strenuous and costs are high. Especially if
We have started September 2011 with a surprise this country is USA, you have a lot harder work in your
exhibition. We have hosted a photograph exhibition of hands. With some effort, some luck and most importantly
Yunus Bayraktar, one of the Deputy General Managers with invaluable contributions of our New York Consular
of Nurol Construction. The exhibition was called “I Found İsmet Erikan, this year we have opened Adnan Turani
My Traces in the Nature” Painting Exhibition that took place in New York during 09
November - 31 December 2011. We would like to thank
This year we had a very special Civil Society Initiative. firstly to Honourable İsmet Erikan for the Ministry of
We did open the paint exhibition of Tuğrul Cankurt who Foreign Affairs, to our dear patrons and to everyone who
was known in the media for a long time as the “Teacher made great effort to support us, for given opportunity to
Who Wanted Euthanasia”. As a result of an accident he represent Türkiye through this exhibition which is joint
had at the age of 46, Tuğrul Cankurt is continuing his work of Nurol and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Participating
life paralysed below his neck. In fact he doesn’t want to as a sponsor in Biennial of Florence that took place
continue, he wants euthanasia. To do our share in helping between 02 - 09 December 2011 was one of our another
him to life that art teacher Mr. Cankurt is trying to hang overseas activities.
on to, we have decided to open an exhibition of the
paintings he brings to life with an apparatus he wears to Apart from all these, we are continuing with our seasonal
his right hand that has a very little use. The exhibition programme. We have opened Işıl Özışık paintings
called “TO GO OR NOT TO GO?” received a great deal of exhibition as well as” Teacher and students” paintings and
sculpture exhibition of artists from Gazili. Our Özışık water
attention from the media too and as a result of the sales, colour paintings and Ali Herischi acrylic work shops are
the minibus which was the biggest need of Mr. Cankurt is also continuing… We sincerely wish to see dear Nurol
about to be purchased. Family in all of our events….