Within the scope of the celebrations of the 100th Anniversary of our Republic and the 40th Anniversary of the Establishment of Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts, a panel discussion on one of the founders of our faculty Zafer Gençaydın's personality as an artist and educator and an exhibition consisting of his works will be held.
The Panel titled "Portraits from Our Memory: Prof. Zafer Gençaydın" organized by the Painting Department will be held on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 10.00 at Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts Prof. Dr. Adnan Turani Conference Hall and Exhibition of Prof. Zafer Gençaydın will be held at Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine Arts on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 14.00 at Turan Erol Exhibition Hall.
As a speaker in the panel, writer, and critic Adnan Binyazar, who has been in Zafer Gençaydın's close circle from past to present and with whom he is in constant interaction, and artist-academics Prof. Nur Gökbulut, Prof. İsmail Ateş, Prof. Hüsnü Dokak, Prof. Cebrail Ötgün and artist Cezmi Orhan will take part.
Exhibition reflects a small section of a wide history, from Zafer Gençaydın's childhood works, when he took his first steps in art, to his works in his professional art life. Based on relations between nature, humans, and society; based on enthusiasm, tension and contradiction; consisting of paintings shaped by the tension between conscious fiction and improvisation, the exhibition can be viewed until January 19, 2024.