Inspired by tile motifs carrying traces of the past and designed in line with the conceptual framework of the Souvenirs of the Future, this workshop offers participants an art-filled experience. Led by ceramic artist Cansu Sakız, participants in the workshop draw inspiration from contemporary artworks in the exhibition and learn about the traditional underglaze tile painting technique. They bring their designs to life on ceramic bisques by transferring patterns, embellishing with a brush, and using coloring techniques.
Note: Participants can pick up their fired ceramics from the museum one week after the workshop.
Instructor: Cansu Sakız
Capacity: 10 people
Duration: 120 minutes
Fee per workshop: 300 TL
Fee per workshop for students: 150 TL (Participants are requested to show their student IDs at the entrance.)
The event will take place at the Pera Museum (face-to-face).
For more information: ogrenme@peramuzesi.org.tr
About Cansu Sakız
Cansu Sakız (born 1987, Bartın) graduated in 2004 from the İzmir Işılay Saygın Anatolian High School of Fine Arts, Painting Department. She completed her university education at the 9 Eylül University Faculty of Fine Arts, in the Department of Traditional Turkish Arts, Tile and Tile Restoration. In 2012, she opened her first studio in İzmir where she began her tile design works. In 2014, with the establishment of Hata Yapım Atölyesi, she moved her practice to Beyoğlu, Istanbul. After a four-year journey under the same roof with the Hata Yapım Atölyesi family, she opened her individual studio in Beyoğlu in 2018 under the name of Cansu SAKIZ Tile Art and continues her work there.
1638, the year Louis XIV was born –his second name, Dieudonné, alluding to his God-given status– saw the diffusion of a cult of maternity encouraged by the very devout Anne of Austria, in thanks for the miracle by which she had given birth to an heir to the French throne. Simon François de Tours (1606-1671) painted the Queen in the guise of the Virgin Mary, and the young Louis XIV as the infant Jesus, in the allegorical portrait now in the Bishop’s Palace at Sens.
This life-size portrait of a girl is a fine example of the British art of portrait painting in the early 18th century. The child is shown posing on a terrace, which is enclosed at the right foreground by the plinth of a pillar; the background is mainly filled with trees and shrubs.
Based on similar examples by the European painters in various collections, this work is one of the portraits of Mihrimah Sultan, who was depicted rather often in the 16th century.
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 19:00
Friday 10:00 - 22:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00
The museum is closed on Mondays.
On Wednesdays, the students can
visit the museum free of admission.
Full ticket: 300 TL
Discounted: 150 TL
Groups: 200 TL (minimum 10 people)
