The ‘The Child in Your Face’ painting exhibition, brought to life by the handwriting of 36 distinguished artists, opened at Işık Gallery Teşvikiye

“The Child in Your Face”, the painting exhibition by the painter Nurettin Kazankaya, who transferred to paper the intense emotions that the antique toys of the Istanbul Toy Museum awaken in visitors, opened on 19 April at Galeri Işık Teşvikiye, owned by the Fevziye Mektepleri Foundation, with the sponsorship of Faber-Castell. Among the artists who supported the project, Ara Güler, Can Dündar, Gülten Dayıoğlu, Günseli Kato, Halit Kıvanç, Levent Üzümcü, Nasuh Mahruki, Nebil Özgentürk and Sunay Akın attended the opening.

As it enters its 11th year, the Istanbul Toy Museum brings an extraordinary painting exhibition to its visitors. “The Child in Your Face”, prepared by the painter Nurettin Kazankaya from a different point of view, reflects the relationship between the museum and its visitors in an original and distinctive style. The exhibition, which opened to visitors on 19 April 2016 at Galeri Işık Teşvikiye, owned by the Fevziye Mektepleri Foundation, with the sponsorship of Faber-Castell, awaits art lovers until 30 April.

Achieving a world first, the painter Nurettin Kazankaya spent two years transferring to canvas the intense emotions that the antique toys on display at the Istanbul Toy Museum awaken in visitors. The paintings, which show toys together with portraits of visitors, were completed when 36 famous artists from different disciplines added their feelings to the works in their own handwriting.

The artists who added their feelings to the reinterpreted works include Ali Poyrazoğlu, Altan Erkekli, Ara Güler, Aydın Boysan, Cahit Berkay, Can Dündar, Cem Yılmaz, Coşkun Aral, Ergin İnan, Erol Evgin, Fazıl Say, Filiz Akın, Gülten Dayıoğlu, Günseli Kato, Güçlü Mete, Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu, Haldun Dormen, İlhan Şeşen, Leman Sam, Levent Üzümcü, Mehmet Aksoy, Metin Uca, Musa Kart, Müjdat Gezen, Nasuh Mahruki, Nebil Özgentürk, Nihat Sırdar, Onay Akbaş, Perran Kutman, Suna Keskin, Sunay Akın, Süleyman Saim Tekcan, Tuluhan Tekelioğlu, Türkan Şoray, Zihni Göktay and Zülfü Livaneli.

With the therapy board in the exhibition area, visitors will write or paint the feelings the exhibition leaves in them onto the board, taking a short break from the busy pace of the city and relaxing through art.

The exhibition can be visited free of charge at Galeri Işık Teşvikiye until 30 April, every day from 10.00 to 20.00, except Sundays and public holidays.