A Promised Exhibition / Vadedilmiş Bir Sergi Gülsün Karamustafa
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 – JANUARY 5, 2014
I was deeply affected by this exhibition especially by the installation Apartment (2012), where the artist follows the trail of the former Greek-Istanbulite owners of her residence in Cihangir ( Bazlamacı Apartmanı) back to Greece. The story of Vaslamatzis family back then the owners of Olympos soda pop (Olimpos Gazozu) who had to leave their homeland because of Septembriana. I have never seen real photos of 5-6 September 1955 (so called Septembriana, Istanbul pogrom) before. The exhibition made me aware of this fact again. I read a book called “Hulki Bey ve Arkadaşları” from Yiğit Okur in 2011, that book also made me think of Septembriana deeply…
Olimpos Soda pop
Bazlamacı Apartmanı /The Apartment Building – Gülsün Karamustafa, 2012
From the artist’s prison times:
Hapishane Resimleri / Prison Paintings – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1972 Hapishane Resimleri / Prison Paintings – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1972 Hapishane Resimleri / Prison Paintings – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1972 Star Wars – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1982 Hapishane Resimleri / Prison Paintings – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1972 Hapishane Resimleri / Prison Paintings – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1972Osmanlı Nisa Soyağacı / Genealogy – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1994Kıtaların Birleştiği Yer – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1997 Adab-ı Muaşeret / Etiquette – Gülsün Karamustafa, 2011 Adab-ı Muaşeret – Gülsün Karamustafa, 2011“PEK AZ ERKEK BİR KADIN ELİNİ ZARİFANE ÖPMEYİ BİLİR” Vaat Edilmiş Resimler – Gülsün Karamustafa 1998-2004Çifte İsalar ve de YavruCeylan / Double Jesus and the baby antelope – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1984 Zamanın İçindeyim ve Zaman Benim İçimde / I Am Inside Time and Time Is Inside Me – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1982Ahu Tuğba – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1986 Pencere / Window – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1980Resme Sevdalı Ana / Mother Painting – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1982
İkramiyeli Padişah Portreleri/ Buy One Get One Free – Gülsün Karamustafa, 1991
