Turkish painters continue to achieve global success. Artist Ayşe Betil, who recently presented an oil painting of a working woman in Urfa at an exhibition in Venice, to art lovers, is now invited to the exhibition titled Supernatural, which will be held in London from 7 to 21 April.
Turkish painters, who revive contemporary painting by carrying the traces of Turkish figurative painting art to the present, continue to achieve global success. Standing out with her figurative works, painter Ayşe Betil, with her painting “Woman from Urfa”, participated in the exhibition titled “Mixing Identities” in Venice on March 3-21, and with the same work titled “Supernatural”, which will be held in England next month within the framework of “ITSLIQUID International Art Fair”. He was invited to the exhibition as a guest artist.
The second exhibition, which will be held at THE LINE art gallery on April 7-21, in collaboration with ITSLIQUID Group and YMX Arts, will feature works in different branches of art such as photography, painting, video, installation, sculpture and performance. Turkish painter Ayşe Betil, who has been invited to the exhibition, which will be visited by many curators, collectors, writers and publishers around the world, will exhibit the painting 'Woman from Urfa', which she painted with oil on canvas, upon request. The work, in which a woman living in Urfa is depicted as the main figure, reflects the regional identity of the Anatolian lands, from clothes to accessories, from the background to the colors she uses.
Carries Anatolian women to Europe
Painter Ayşe Betil shared her thoughts on the exhibition with these words: “Turkish figurative painting, whose roots go back centuries, is a reflection of the experience in Anatolia, which has been home to many civilizations. As I always emphasize, I have not painted any model that I have not been impressed with, just to prove my talent. In my works, I have revealed my own perspective and style by feeding from different geographies, times and emotions. I draw inspiration from the realism of traditional figurative art and incorporate yesterday's brushes into today's framework. In my work The Woman from Urfa, I transferred the details of the land, including all the details of my figure, to the canvas by imagining the mood I thought she was living, its good and bad sides. After Mixing Identities, I am proud to be invited to the Supernatural exhibition to showcase my painting.”
He creates architectural landscapes together with figurative works.
Painter Ayşe Betil, who has participated with various works in exhibitions in cities such as New York and Paris, as well as in domestic exhibitions she has participated in before, also makes architectural landscapes along with figurative works. She uses many methods in her paintings, including oil, water and crayon, charcoal or mixed technique. In this way, the painter, who gave an identity to his art, opened his first personal exhibition titled “Human Stains on My Hands” at Ortaköy Historical Hüsrev Kethüda Bath on 11-17 November 2022, and achieved success. Defining art as a playground of his own, where he gained his freedom, the artist brought art audiences together with his inner world with his first solo exhibition, and opened the door for them to create different windows by going beyond meaning with colors.