IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ATATURK - ART IN THE LIGHT OF THE REPUBLIC
- Event Place: Plastic arts
- Event Type: Personal Exhibition
- Presentation: Activity
- Country / City Turkey / Sivas
- Date: October 01, 2023
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Research Area: Social Sciences and Humanities, Art
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Abstract:
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ATATURK - ART IN THE LIGHT OF THE REPUBLIC
"COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE MEANS, OF COURSE, COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM IN ALL FIELDS SUCH AS POLITICS, FINANCE, ECONOMY, JUSTICE, MILITARY SERVICE, CULTURE. THE LACK OF INDEPENDENCE IN ANY OF THESE AREAS MEANS THE LACK OF COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE OF THE NATION AND THE COUNTRY IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE WORD".
WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR REPUBLIC, WHICH MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK SPENT HIS WHOLE LIFE FOR INDEPENDENCE, WHICH HE CALLED HIS CHARACTER, WHICH HE VALUED THE MOST, AND WHICH HE FOUNDED ON THIS PATH. ATATURK'S DEFINITION OF COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE SHOWS THAT THE THINGS HE LISTED HAVE BEEN LOST IN ORDER. WE ARE ABOUT TO LOSE OUR CULTURAL SOVEREIGNTY, WHICH EMERGED AS A RESULT OF THE MEMORY-IDENTITY PROCESS THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR HUMANITY.
BUT DESPITE ALL THESE NEGATIVITIES, THE PATH THAT WILL CARRY THE REPUBLIC, THE NAME OF HOPE, FORWARD AND THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED IN RECLAIMING WHAT HAS BEEN LOST IS THROUGH ART, SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY.
AMONG THESE PILLARS, ART IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEANS OF EXPRESSION FOR HUMANITY. THE EXHIBITION TITLED "IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ATATURK - ART IN THE LIGHT OF THE REPUBLIC" WAS CREATED WITH THE AIM OF PRESENTING LOVE, RESPECT AND COMMEMORATION TO OUR REPUBLICAN ARTISTS.
IN THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR REPUBLIC, WE ARE HONORED TO PAY OUR DEBT TO MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK AND OUR REPUBLIC WITH ART, EVEN IF ONLY FOR A MOMENT.
IT WOULD BE BEST TO CONCLUDE THE IMPORTANCE OF ART WITH THE WORDS OF MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK.
"A NATION WITHOUT ART MEANS THAT ONE OF ITS LIFELINES HAS BEEN SEVERED".
REPUBLIC FOREVER.
STAY WITH THE REPUBLIC. LIVE WITH THE REPUBLIC.
HAPPY 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR REPUBLIC.