THE FIRST ever TAYAD International Cartoon Exhibition has opened and is being at the Pir Sultan Culture Center in London, on Sunday 3 September.
Turkish Cartoonist Mehmet Arslan who was an attendant on duty at the competition, prior to the exhibition had originally been visiting London on holiday. Award winning Cartoon exhibition has shown many firsts within itself. The most interesting pieces were those sent in from Prisons and those with the stamp “Viewed” on them.
At least 50 per cent of the competitions’ participants were from prisoners. This exhibition displays how cartoonists viewed “Justice” from the outside and the inside. Members of the public who visited the exhibition were able to closely view the cartoons. Almost 100 “Justice” black and white and colour cartoons are on display at Pir Sultan Culture Center.
Following the opening of the exhibition a conversation with cartoonist Mehmet Arslan also took place.
He said: “Like in all fields, the arts and culture field is an art which is part of an ideological struggle, it gains value depending what it was created for. It speaks for the public, it speaks of the problems within public and delivers knowledge to them. The importance of the struggle of arts such as poetry, theater and music cannot be debated. The art of cartoon is explained in a specific and clear way that allows all to understand reality through minimal writing and the most meaningful lines.”
TAYAD is an association set up to support imprisoned and arrested families following the victims who experienced abuse after the 12 September Coup. It was set up on 3 September in 1986.
