Bayburt's Baksi Museum awarded Europe Museum Prize for 2014 by the Council of Europe. Baksi, one of Turkey's distinguishing and prestigious museums in Turkey's Black Sea Province of Bayburt has been awarded Europe Museum Prize by The Council of Europe. Museum is combining many modern and traditional art examples and successfully unites modern and classic art examples. Baksi was awarded one of the most prestigious Europe Museum Prize for 2014 by the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Mavi Boncuk |
Baksi Museum
The Baksı Museum stands near the Black Sea, 45 km from Bayburt on a hilltop overlooking the Çoruh Valley. Rising in what used to be called Baksı and is now the village of Bayraktar, this unusual museum offers contemporary art and traditional handicrafts side by side under one roof.
In the architectural design phase of the museum, associations were sought with the earthen roof tradition of local architecture. Rising in harmony with the surrounding mountain skyline, the Baksı Museum grew out of a building-sculpture approach which is friendly to the natural milieu. The conceptual project was designed by Metin Koçan and Hüsamettin Koçan[1], while the implementation project is owing to the architect Sinan Genim.
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[1] An artist and educator, Hüsamettin Koçan was born in Bayburt in 1946, and is a graduate of the Painting Department in the State Higher School of Applied Fine Arts. For many years he taught at the Marmara University School of Fine Arts, where he served as dean from 1997 to 2005. Hüsamettin Koçan was among the founders of the International Plastic Arts Society, which he chaired in 1990-95. In 1991 he founded the Istanbul Art Fair, and that year was the Turkish Commissioner at the II Asia-Europe Biennial. Prof. Koçan has won the Municipal Award of Honor in Salzburg, Austria, as well as the Grand Prize for Painting at the Asian Art Biennial. He has been officially invited on various occasions to do research in the UK, France and Australia, has served on the selection panel for numerous competitions, and has held countless solo exhibitions while appearing in a multitude of group exhibitions. With the foundation he established in 2005, Prof. Koçan breathed life into the Baksı Museum. He currently pursues his career in art, works on the museum project, and teaches at Okan University.