Heidi Trautmann

1039: Arzu Pehlivan – Exhibition of Turkish Miniature Art at the Girne Municipality Art Gallery
2/23/2019


By Heidi Trautmann   

 

This ancient art form Turkish Miniature Painting originally comes from Persia at the beginning of the 16th Century and it is written that Persian artists or scholars closed their schools there and went to Istanbul where they opened new schools. It is rather interesting to read the history and its philosophy, and if you are interested you find it under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_miniature

Some years ago I saw the beautiful film “Waiting for Heaven” (Cenneti Beklerken) by Derviş Zaim, the famous Turkish Cypriot film maker,  a film on the basis of the 17th century Miniature Painting, and the exhibition made me think of it.

I had never before met the artist Arzu Pehlivan; she is from Turkey and has been living in Northern Cyprus for the last four years. Her art work follows the rules of this ancient art form and she is using the colours that were predominantly being used.

Over the centuries the art form has undergone changes; in the beginning it was used to decorate manuscripts, a sort of book art, today the art form is even still taught at university but not restricted to the miniature size.

The art was also used for scientific books on botany and animals, there was a period called the Tulips Period, and you will find the Tulip represented in many of Arzu Pehlivan’s paintings.  Unfortunately I could not find any information laid out at the exhibition so it is advisable to get the information if wanted from internet.

 

The exhibition is still open for viewing at the Girne Municipality Art Gallery until March 02, 2019. Viewing times Mon to Fri 10:00 – 17:00 hrs. and on Sat. 10:00 to 15:00 hrs.

 

 


The opening
The opening


The Mayor of Girne and the artist
The Mayor of Girne and the artist


Cutting the ribbon
Cutting the ribbon


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