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Japanese tezhip student displays artwork in Eyüp
Güleç, who moved to Turkey in 1988 after she was married to her Turkish husband, explains that she has been taking tezhip classes for the past three years.
Güleç, along with the other 11 students enrolled in the Eyüp Municipality’s courses interpreted Kısakürek’s poem “Canım İstanbul.” Her interpretation of the poem on paper features a tulip.
Güleç, who first arrived in İstanbul in 1984 on vacation, fell in love with her current husband Devrim Güleç and the couple later married n 1987. Explaining that she has attended many courses that teach her about Turkish culture, Güleç notes that tezhip, her passion for the last few years, was preceded by embroidery and miniature art, which she studied under the tutelage of famous Turkish miniature artist Günseli Kato. Güleç first began tezhip classes at the Topkapı Palace and later continued her interest through her teacher at the Eyüp Municipality Serap Bostancı. Her current work on display is the result of three years of training. She explains that tezhip is an incredibly therapeutic process and an art calling for serious concentration. “Tezhip highlight for the artist the difference between looking at something and actually seeing it,” says Güleç.
This elegant and difficult art was forgotten over time, since its emergence in during the Ottoman era; however, a new wave of revival over the past decade through artists has caused it to make a comeback. Currently many visual arts faculties in universities throughout Turkey host tezhip departments, raising a new generation of artists.
The tezhip exhibit will be on display for art lovers at the Camlı room of the Eyüp Municipality’s additional service building until June 7.
For information on tezhip classes see:
Caferağa Medresesi (Located adjacent to the Ayasofya Museum)Caferiye Sok. Soğukkuyu Çıkmazı, No:1, Sultanahmet
Tel: 0212 513 36 01 / 528 00 89
Kubbealtı Akademisi Kültür ve Sanat Vakfı
Address: Köprülü Medresesi, Peykhâne Sokağı, No: 3 / Çemberlitaş İstanbul,
Contact info: Tel: (212) 516-2356, (212) 518-9209, (212) 458-4011
E-mail: info@kubbealti.org.tr
Website: http://www.kubbealti.org.tr
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