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Through both her painting and her opera career, Semiha Berksoy emerged as a globally renowned Turkish cultural icon

Semiha Berksoy (1920–2004) enjoyed an acclaimed dual career as both an opera singer and as a painter. This first comprehensive retrospective of her work bridges her life and work between Turkey and Germany, covering her famous roles, her ties with Turkish artists and poets, and her spontaneous and bold approach to painting.

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Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart is presenting the first comprehensive retrospective of the Turkish painter and opera singer Semiha Berksoy (1910-2004) in Germany. Berksoy studied at the Hochschule für Musik (Music Academy) in Berlin from 1936 to 1939, and enjoyed a distinguished career as a visual artist and an opera singer. Spanning over six decades, the exhibition focusses on Berksoy's connection with Berlin, and explores the intersection of her two passions, emphasising her unique, spontaneous, and bold approach to painting. It introduces central themes in Berksoy's practice: the attachment to her mother, the painter Fatma Saime, the ideological ties with Turkish cultural figures such as poet Nâzim Hikmet, her iconic opera roles, and the places and events that defined her prolific career. With more than 80 paintings and works on paper, along with a wide array of archival documents, film clips, and sound recordings, the exhibition highlights Berksoy's significant impact on the cultural landscape in Türkiye and beyond.

This is the second edition of a series of publications accompanying major retrospectives of contemporary artists at Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart. It comprises a number of new and historical texts on Semiha Berksoy, reproductions of all works exhibited as well as installation shots.

Text in English and German.

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