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December 23, 2022 - January 28, 2023

Opening: December 23, Friday

Hours: 18:00 – 20:00

Artists: Levent Aygül, Memed Erdener, Hatice Karadağ, Begüm Mütevellioğlu, Rugül Serbest, Meltem Sırtıkara, Sevil Tunaboylu

The exhibition For Book Lovers is inspired by the book Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers by David Trigg. The book gathers works from various means of production throughout the history of art that include books. The exhibition focuses on the contemporary paintings from the recent period that includes books and presents a selection to the audience at Mixer’s project room.

There is no doubt that humankind has established a grand relation with books. Whether out of passion or for the sake of conveying a message, books as objects have been used in the works of many artists.

One can encounter books numerous times throughout the history of art from painting to sculpting, installation to photography. The book that serves as the source of inspiration for this exhibition is a proof of this. One can find a highly wide selection, even when only focusing on painting. The book tells us about many artworks including, but not limited to, the portrait of Woman from Pompeii with wax tablets and stylus believed to have been made between 55-79 A.D. and displayed at the National Museum of Archaeology in Naples; the painting Buffoon with Books by Diego Velázquez in 1644; Gustave Courbet’s Marc Trapadoux is Examining the Book of Prints from 1848; René Magritte’s Not to Be Reproduced from 1937; Osman Hamdi Bey’s painting The Scholar from 1878; and Liu Ye’s painting titled Banned Book No. 3 from 2010. This book, which can be read as a collection of works that would mesmerize all art enthusiasts that cherish books as objects, beyond their reading and ownership, has inspired us to host the exhibition For Book Lovers.

Books or their representation can be seen in many artworks, including the local contemporary art scene in line with the global. The exhibition For Book Lovers offers the audience a selection of paintings that include books and Mixer team has recently encountered in the artistic scene. For Book Lovers can be seen as an exhibition dedicated to book and art enthusiasts through the paintings of Levent Aygül, Memed Erdener, Hatice Karadağ, Begüm Mütevellioğlu, Rugül Serbest, Meltem Sırtıkara, and Sevil Tunaboylu.

For Book Lovers can be visited at Mixer’s project room between December 23, 2022 and January 28, 2023, 11:00 and 19:00.