Cartoon Art @ İzmir Sanat

We were on our way to another İzmir Culture Route Festival [CRF] exhibit — this one at a museum in Kültürpark — when we decided to make a quick detour to see if there was anything going on at İzmir Sanat [Art].

We’ve gone to the café at İzmir Sanat many times over the years … for tea and cake. But this was the first time we actually went inside the exhibit hall. We were rewarded by a small exhibit entitled “Portraits of Artists” … featuring the works of cartoonist and graphic artist Necati Abacı.

It was a fun little exhibit … all the more so because we recognized several movie and drama performers, as well as musicians and folk characters in the cartoons on display.Read more