Within the context of "Portable Art" project by the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency, the exhibition "Very Good" was opened on Wednesday, March 3 at Büyükçekmece Kervansaray where 15 artists inquire about the conviction ability of arts.

Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency Visual Arts Directorate project “Portable Art” meets Istanbul residents with new exhibition “Very Good” was opened on Wednesday, March 3 at Büyükçekmece Kervansaray where 15 artists inquire about the conviction ability of arts.

This exhibition is also the first exhibition realized by the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency in Büyükçekmece county.

Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency Secretary General Yılmaz Kurt, Mayor of Büyükçekmece Dr. Hasan Akgün, Büyükçekmece County Administrator İsmail Gündüz and Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency Visual Arts Director Beral Madra joined in the opening cocktail where culture and arts community met with Büyükçekmece residents.

Curated by Fatih Balcı, the exhibition features the late works by Coşkun Sami, Denizhan Özer, Fatih Balcı, Gül Ilgaz, Güler Güngör, Hülya Küpçüoğlu, Kurucu Koçanoğlu, Maria Sezer, Mehmet Kavukçu, Selahattin Yıldırım, Serpil Kapar, Seyhan Bozetepe, Sibel Balcı, Şakir Gökçebağ and Şinasi Güneş.

Is it possible to attain “good” of art?
The art which has been so far confined to producing "nice" images is turning into an ugly aesthetics which breaks off with conventional buildings and tools in modern times to astound the minds and disperse the perceptions. The exhibition compiles various productions to pose examples of such transformation.

The exhibition "Very Good" aims at establishing a ground on which spectators can get the chance to make bonds with artists who wish to take them as target for raising awareness, and affect their approach to the arts with a purpose to eliminate perceptional differences.

The exhibition “Very Good” will stay open for visitors until March 31 at Büyükçekmece Kültürpark Kervansaray.