“From Waste to Art” Project Exhibition organized by the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Department of Painting attracted the attention of the national media

03.07.2024 16:00

“From Waste to Art” Project Exhibition organized by the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Department of Painting attracted the attention of the national media

MALATYA (AA) - Malatya Turgut Özal University Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Department of Painting students exhibited their works made from recycled materials. At the exhibition opened in the faculty building, the students gave information to the participants about their works such as “centipede”, “tree mushroom” and “atom, the building block of matter” made from paper and plastic waste. Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Department of Painting Lecturer Assoc. Prof. Dr. Döndü Tülay Özkul told AA correspondent that they admitted students to the painting department for the first time this year. Stating that they have carpet, pattern, printing and paper making workshops, Özkul said, “In addition, we have basic art education, interdisciplinary art technology courses. We have created three communities within our faculty. We organize exhibitions after the work done with these communities. Communities and our courses support each other. We make different productions together. These communities use their artistic production as a tool by creating awareness in the field by making nature-friendly productions.” Stating that they aim to raise awareness, Özkul said: “We reinterpret a discarded object, sometimes a piece of paper that has completed its task, in a contemporary language and recycle it. At the same time, thanks to the carpet-rug workshop, one of the traditional Turkish handicrafts that are about to be forgotten, we realize contemporary productions that take their roots from tradition.” The department, which has been operating for only one year, offers a different perspective.

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“From Waste to Art” Project Exhibition organized by the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Department of Painting attracted the attention of the national media