Painter and Art Economist Ru Ceylan, who created the concept of Talking Paintings with actress Selen Öztürk in 2015, met with art lovers in Barcelona, Spain on April 19.

Inspired by the lives of literary figures from five different movements of the Republican era, famous characters of world tragedies and immortal bards of Anatolia, the “Talking Pictures” exhibition, which came to life in three different series of Literary Literary, Bards of Anatolia and Saint Age, and whose life stories were voiced by important names from each other, was opened with a promotional launch at Studio Avenir – Barcelona on Friday, April 19. Organized by Sezen Entertainment, the exhibition will meet Spanish art lovers for 15 days.

The exhibition, which focuses on the lives of Turkish and world literary figures from Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar to Aşık Veysel, Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu to Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Hamlet to Medea, Pir Sultan Abdal to Yunus Emre, this time opens to Europe. The opening night of the group exhibition of 10 works selected from Edebi Edebi, Bards of Anatolia and Saint Age was attended by the painter Ru Ceylan, as well as the actors İrem Helvacıoğlu, Alican Yücesoy and many guests. The Sufle group, which made the music of the exhibition, added color to the night with their songs.

İrem Helvacıoğlu and Alican Yücesoy met with their fans in Spain!

Irem Helvacıoğlu and Alican Yücesoy, two of Turkey’s leading actresses, accompanied Ru Ceylan on her journey to Spain with 10 artworks selected from the exhibition focusing on the life stories of literary figures, the concept of which was created by actress Selen Öztürk and painter Ru Ceylan, and the stories accompanying the oil paintings in the exhibition. Actress İrem Helvacıoğlu, who voiced the story of Medea from world tragedy, and actor Alican Yücesoy, who voiced the story of Cahit Sıktı Tarancı from Turkish Literature, met with art lovers at a panel discussion with Ru Ceylan on Saturday, April 20. Helvacıoğlu and Yücesoy talked with Ru Ceylan about portraying the stories of literary figures who left their mark on history with their different ideas from yesterday to today as an actor in the exhibition.

Before the Exhibition Idea, the Name “Talking Pictures” was Determined

Describing the origin story of Talking Pictures, Ru Ceylan said, “When we were working on the project, Selen Öztürk became the name mother of the project. While writing the stories, she started to say “These paintings are talking, let’s call it Talking Paintings”. And the name emerged even before the idea of the exhibition was formed. If they were alive today, I had the part. Who would this be if they were alive today? When I asked, names appeared. Some of them have a voice, some of them have a look, some of them have a professional stance. Some of them have a very personal side, a persona. This idea actually came out in this way.” İrem Helvacıoğlu emphasized that Ru Ceylan put the story she created into a voice and said that she was more excited about Medea. Alican Yücesoy said the following in the interview: “The important part for us is the point about acting. Honestly, that’s how I look at the texts. I mean, it’s a problem with the performance, with performing it. It can be with the voice. It can be about performing it live and in the flesh on stage. It can be all of them.”