Association of the Museums of Painting and Sculpture is an organization working for
the public interest which was established in 1980 for encouraging and supporting artistic
creativity , assisting operability of the Museums of Painting and Sculpture, and to found
new museum buildings. In addition to the “Contemporary Artists Istanbul Exhibition”
which have traditionally been organized for
the last 30 years in order to make contributions
to association of the contemporary artists to an environment of high quality and to ensure
that their basic problems are opened for discussion. International Print Exhibition,
which focuses on interpretation of paper as a traditional material with a contemporary
perspective, is being organized again this year with an international dimension. Keeping in
mind that living as civilized individuals in a civilized society can only be possible by
activating the inner dynamics of a society and one of the most effective methods of doing
that is the art, starting point of this exhibition is both to incite the artist with a passive
material with which he/she can express inner-self, and on the other hand, to ensure the
followers meet together with the art according to the conditions reigning at present. Hoping that paper and ink, which are the oldest artistic materials on earth, will achieve new ways
of expression with technological developments and contemporary approaches, we aim to carry
this exhibition forward to the future, believing that it will fill a significant gap.
