10.28.2006

Exhibition opening and all that shit

The opening of my exhibition entitled "Three Worlds" was held in Batumi, Georgia and the 50 photos (Hot diggidy dog damn) were exposed over a week.

Here's an account of the opening days. For those who care. And those who don't.
The poster and the invitation below (Sent to a few numerous people)

Made by Mehmet Turgut <3,>

The Fine Arts Museum in Batumi, Georgia where my pictures are being exposed in all their glory. Yeah baby.

Pretty ain't it?
Setting up the hall, deciding where everything goes. As always I have no say in any of this. I'm just there to look pretty. Thank God I'm good at that.
My dad and the curator of the museum.Everything's ready. Here's a weird coincidence, one of my portraits of a man half naked on the street is apparently the father of the pianist.

Ha.Interview before people start swarming in.

"Look at the camera dear"
And the crowd.
My dad in front of the portrait of his dad.
The curator's wife giving a speech and my lovely Lili, the translator who never left my side.
Bogoss? Not really. I'm still wondering why Bulent took a picture of him.
That looks like a hell of a lot people from that angle.
Another interview, always the same questions, always the same answers. After the third one I think, Lili had memorized all the answers so she didn't even bother translating them to me.Batumi's new Turkish Consuler, Kazim. He's nice.
After almost everyone was gone, only the crew of the Turkish Consulate was left, and silliness ensued!

Dursun and Mehmet checking some betting sheets or something. Hah, ain't she cute.This was a funny scene.

I would like to draw your attention to the big sister, who despite her little brother's humiliation seems pretty content with herself.Three of my favorite people. Salih, Dursun and Lili.Kazim and his secretary.

:DThe curators and I in front of the museum.