Art Exhibition in Ordekli Hamam – Turkey
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A short while ago three friends of mine, (Nur Demirbilek – Illumination Art, Australia; Esengul Inalpulat – Marbling Art, Turkey; Suleyman Berk – Calligraphy Art, Turkey) and I (miniature art) formed an art group; named ‘Tulip & Waratah Group’, inspiring from two distinctive flowers in Australian and Turkish cultures.
Our 1st exhibition opened on July 3rd in Bursa, Turkey, and will remain open until July13th 2010.
The sound of art exhibition in hamam seems a bit odd; but in fact, that place, Ordekli Hamam, is a 600-yrs-old fascinating building. After serving as hamam for centuries it becomes a ruin for the last 100 years until its restoration couple years ago by the Municipality of Osman Gazi in Bursa. Now it is serving as a cultural centre and is truly amazing; just look at the pictures here to see what I mean.
If you want to read more about its history just follow this link; sadly, Turkish only:
http://www.cekulvakfi.org.tr/icerik/haberDetay.asp?ID=569
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July 7th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Dear Gulay,
Congratulations! To you all! I received your email today, I am presently in Istanbul for 6 months. I was very glad to receive news of your exhibition. And I would have joined you in Bursa had I known earlier.
I was fascinated with the beautiful hamam. Congratulations to the restorers of this lovely and historic building! It is worth while coming to Bursa to see it.
Bursa is a beautiful city and deserves visiting. What is good is that I suppose everybody can now actually see the building whereas if it was in use as a hamam the two genders could only see their respective parts of it.
The exhibition itself looks very interesting.
I wish I could visit it.
Whilst in Istanbul I have been privileged to see two excellent miniature exhibitions, as part of the Istanbul International Festival, both were part of the Vakif of Traditional Islamic arts. One was presented in Baglabasi in the Municipal Building and included a conference which was excellent. The other was held in a restored Turkish wooden house opposite the Museum of St Saviour in Chora a 13th century church also restored which has beautiful frescoes and mosaics from the Byzantine era.
Next year I plan to bring a group of Australians to visit Turkey to view Turkish art in its various forms from prehistoric times through Hittite, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and the Ottoman periods, including hands on workshops in marbling, felting and Iznik painting. If anyone would like to join me, please contact me at istanbulandbeyond(AT)gmail(DOT)com
With best wishes for you every endeavour and success,
from Helen Harper