Reading the Artist #3 | Peter Paul Rubens

Reading the Artist #3 | Peter Paul Rubens

Gökhun Baltacı & Kazım Şimşek

22.02.2022, Tuesday 19:30

Due to Covid-19, participation is limited to 25 people.

This is a paid event. You can use the links on this page for booking.

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Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist and diplomat who lived during the Dutch Golden Age. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' compositions refer to classical and Christian history. His works on mythological and allegorical subjects give a real insight into the concerns and climate of his times.

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Third of the Reading the Artist events will be on the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, who lived during the Dutch Golden Age, by Gökhun Baltacı, moderated by Kazım Şimşek. The talk will be held in Turkish without translation, but the video recording will be available soon.

Reading the Artist event aims to give a more holistic look at what artists produce. Selected artists are not judged solely by their work; Instead, we “read” them by considering their writings, drawings, and all the details about their lives, and also regarding the conditions of the period while they created their artistic works.

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This event is funded by the International Relief Fund for Organizations in Culture and Education 2021 of the German Federal Foreign Office, the Goethe-Institut and other partners: www.goethe.de/relieffund #irf2021

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Gökhun Baltacı was born in 1989 in Ankara. In 2013, he completed Hacettepe University Fine Arts Institute Painting Department Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs (2019). The artist, who takes part in solo and group exhibitions with his works, continues to produce in his personal workshop in Ankara.

Kazım Şimşek was born in 1987 in Ankara. Hacettepe University Fine Arts Faculty Sculpture Department (2006-2007) Hacettepe University Fine Arts Faculty Painting Department (2007-2012) Hacettepe University Fine Arts Faculty Painting Department-Master's Degree (2016). Kazım Şimşek, whose works have been exhibited in many group exhibitions, defines his discourse and contemporary art practice through the issue of class. His first personal exhibition, Moral, met with the audience at Evliyagil Dolapdere in Istanbul between 10.02.-27.03.2022.