March
26-31, 2018 at the Atatürk Cultural Centre in Nicosia
By
Heidi Trautmann
Assistant
Professor Dr. Serkan Ilseven was born in Cyprus in 1966; he is a multi-faceted
personality with many interests. Today he is the Manager of the Financial,
Technical Administration in the TRNC Parliament but also lecturer at Near East
University in the Dept. of Environmental Education. He has written several
books and articles with reference to environment and geography.
With
his 6th exhibition of paintings we meet the painter Serkan Ilseven,
who gives his thoughts about ‘Sastruga – Borders – Immigration’ a body, makes
his thoughts visible. Hidden in the vividly coloured large paintings you find those
who are behind bars, limitations, which are in forbidden zones; there are
donkeys and birds behind fences, and people, refugees, immigrants, or also prisoners
of restrictive laws, fencing in? Quite intimidating, lines of limitations
everywhere.
Serkan
Ilseven gave the opening speech himself and invited HE Mustafa Akinci to cut
the ribbon and open the exhibition. Many of his artist friends had come and his
work excited discussions. The exhibition will be open until March 31, 2018.