The Alanya Culture and Art Days Painters Symposium, held for the first time, has concluded with the emergence of magnificent works. A total of 40 painters, consisting of 20 foreign and 20 Turkish artists from 20 countries, contributed to the symposium through workshop studies. The symposium works, which also included the participation of German and Russian painters, were carried out in a large workshop prepared at the Grand Kaptan Hotel. Stating that they felt very good amidst the historical and natural beauties of Alanya, the Symposium Curator, Akdeniz University Faculty of Fine Arts lecturer Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erol Kılınç, said, “With the participation provided from many countries, we have sent messages of peace to the world.”
“I AM HAPPY TO BE IN ALANYA”
One of the notable names at the symposium was the Azerbaijani painter Akbar Behkalam, who trained in the studio of one of Turkey’s world-renowned painters, Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoğlu, and spent the artist's later years together. Behkalam, who has traveled to many countries around the world, held exhibitions, and painted there, expressed his happiness at being in Alanya. Şükrü Karakuş, one of the important names of Turkish painting, also stated that art is valued in Alanya and thanked those who contributed. The artist said that he found Alanya, which he arrived in 26 years ago, to have changed greatly. A cocktail reception was held at Filika Restaurant on the final day of the symposium.