Neşet Günal Retrospective Drawing Exhibition
A retrospective exhibition of Neşet Günal’s drawings can be viewed at the Milli Reasürans Art Gallery between April 17 and June 17, 2001. This exhibition will be repeated at the Ankara Gallery Selvin between October 4 and November 4, 2001.
The drawings in the exhibition range from Neşet Günal’s work in Paris in 1948 to the present day. A book covering the artist’s drawings covering the years 1948-2001 was prepared for this exhibition.
The flawlessness seen in Neşet Günal’s works reveals that he thought and planned every single point in his drawings down to the smallest detail. As in the artist’s paintings, the theme draws attention in his drawings.
The artist states that while he uses drawing as a constructive and founding element in his works, he adopts color as a supporting element.
Mehmet Ergüven says the following about Neşet Günal’s drawings: “For Günal, drawing is the homeland – the only place where he has his feet on the ground is terra firma. Therefore, it is inevitable that drawing will also receive its share of the principle of economy. Günal calculates with lines like a stonemason; it is as if selection has slowly turned into carving.