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Olé! Pop Art
Olé! Pop Art Serigraphy Workshop Participants worked on paintings using serigraphy and collage techniques with artist Gülfidan Özmen. The use of strong textures and of different media in the works of Manolo Valdés constituted the basis of this workshop. Valdés-inspired and pre-designed silkscreens were also used in creating the final work. This allowed them to employ ...
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Night of Museums 2013
Pera Museum was open and free of admissions between 19:00 – 24:00 to celebrate Night of Museums on Saturday 18 May! We danced along to DJ Yabancıdeğil and With Love to Mexico! Visitors were able to see Manolo Valdés: Paintings and Sculptures, which opened on 8th May, as well as the collection exhibitions Intersecting Worlds: ...
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Vivre sa jeunesse
Vivre sa jeunesse 18 May – 23 June 2013 The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. -Oscar Wilde Pera Film’s spring-summer season finale is Vivre sa Jeunesse, a program exploring the wonderful theme of youth. Presented in collaboration with l’Institut français, the selection includes narrative and documentary genres, with films ...
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Mother’s Day at Pera Museum
Pera Education organised a special workshop called “Mothers and Kids” for Mother’s Day! In the workshop, mothers and their children drew each other’s portraits on burlap and created collages using different fabrics. We wanted to share the day’s fun with you…
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Conversation with Manolo Valdés
Manolo Valdés speaks to Pierre Levai, President of Marlborough Gallery New York, who has been working with the artist for many years. Art lovers had the opportunity to get to know Valdés’ works through his own words. The talk took place in the exhibition gallery, amongst Valdés’ artworks. Those who missed it can watch the ...
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Rags!
The newspaper, 1997 Manolo Valdés Oil on burlap, 217,1 x 156,5 cm In search of this density, in 1981 Manolo Valdés began using burlap sackcloth as the background material of his paintings. Burlap was used by both Gauguin and Van Gogh in the decisive years of their careers. Valdés resurrected this cloth in a series of ...
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“Manolo Valdés” press meeting
The press meeting for Pera Museum’s new exhibition Manolo Valdés: Paintings and Sculptures was held this morning. Among those who attended the meeting and gave press interviews afterwards were Marlborough Gallery New York President Pierre Levai, Manolo Valdés himself, and Suna and Inan Kıraç Foundation Culture and Art Enterprises General Manager M. Özalp Birol. Following the dissolution of Equipo Crónica, the pioneering ...
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Installation of “Manolo Valdés”
A leading figure of contemporary art, Manolo Valdés will be at Pera Museum between 8 May and 21 July 2013 with a selection of works that extend from the 1980s to the present. His works derive their strength from the masterpieces of the past, bear historic clues, colours, and textures, making strong references to art history, ...
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National Children’s Day Activites
An Eye-Wandering Tour with “Puppet Perra”! Pera Education, in collaboration with Theatre BeReZe, organised an interactive exhibition tour to celebrate National Children’s Day on 23rd April 2013. Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Orientalist Painting Collection, Intersecting Worlds: Ambassadors and Painters provided the perfect backdrop for ‘looking at art’ and ‘art through the eyes of a ...