Harun Antakyalı’s new solo exhibition “BU” opens on March 21 at Yapı Kredi bomontiada – Cue Art Space Yapı Kredi bomontiada Gallery

Yapı Kredi bomontiada Gallery will host Harun Antakyalı’s “BU” exhibition, organized by Cue Art Space between 21 March and 9 April. Organized with the support of GROHE Turkey, the exhibition brings together the works of the artist from different periods with a retrospective look. The exhibition can be visited between 10:30 and 20:00 every day.

The “BU” exhibition, which presents a selection of the works produced by Harun Antakyalı during his professional art career, which has completed its 30th year, with the metropolis, the people shaped by its complex structure, and the main material concrete in his works, will be held on March 21 – April 9, 2023 with the Cue Art Space organization. Yapı Kredi meets the art audience at bomontiada.

Harun Antakyalı, who creates his visual and intellectual universe from the metropolis, the source of modern and post-modern life, the rising buildings, walls, streets, concrete that 20th and 21st century people are always in contact with, and the reflections of all these on human; He expressed this approach in different forms by including elements such as figure, material, surface, texture and dimension in his art practice.

This is the reason why he carried the street to the gallery space with an expressionist attitude. At the same time, with this attitude, the artist makes his identity permeable enough to penetrate the whole city, adopting the freedom of street art through concrete material; All metropolitan structures, schools, buildings, hospitals, bridges and walls turn into areas where Antakyalı’s figures can wander. For this reason, after seeing the artist’s work closely, you may encounter figures on every surface at an irrational or unconscious point.

The “BU” exhibition, which aims to show from a time-spanning perspective how Harun Antakyalı deals with modern man’s approach based on the idea of man as a part of the street, as well as the complex, complex and even intricate existence of the metropolis, was held between 21 March and 9 April. You can visit the Kredi bomontiada Gallery free of charge between 10:30 and 20:00 every day.

A portion of the income to be obtained from the sale of the works to be exhibited will be for the benefit of TOÇEV, the Children’s Education Foundation who is willing to study at Tüvana; A part of the income to be obtained from the sale of the products prepared within the scope of the exhibition and bearing the artist’s designs will be donated to the benefit of non-governmental organizations HEPADER, ÇAKBİPATİ and PAWGUARD working for stray animals.

About Harun Antakyali

Born in 1965 in İskenderun, Harun Antakyalı graduated from Hacettepe University Painting Department. Antakyalı lives and works in Istanbul. It carries the spirit of street art to the walls of interior spaces. Among the selected solo exhibitions of the artist; Impressions of the metropolis, Iskenderun (1992); Metropolitan Pollution, Dam Gallery, Ankara (1995); I Live, I Do, I Consume, Şekerbank Ömer Sunar Art Gallery, Ankara (1997); I Have No Olympos, Anka Gallery, Ankara (1998); Those Without Olympos Are Here, Karaca Art Gallery, Ankara (1999); Angels Can’t Dream, Gallery Art Production, Ankara (2000); Don(without) Quixote, Karaca Art Gallery, Ankara (2001); HiltonSA, Ankara (2002); Fear-Comment, Gallery Arti, Ankara (2003); Gallery Black and White, Ankara (2004); Moment(s) Understanding the Metropolis, Karaca Art Gallery, Ankara (2005); AHK, Cagla Cabaoglu Art Gallery, Antalya (2006); Gallery CEF, Istanbul (2009); MMX by Harun Antakyalı, Gallery CEF, Istanbul (2010); Concrete Canvases, Çağla Cabaoğlu Art Gallery, Istanbul (2011); States of Concrete, Çağla Cabaoğlu Art Gallery, Istanbul (2012); Criminal, m1886 Art Projects, Ankara (2013); Apar-topar, Gallery Ark, Istanbul (2013); 100% Harun Antakyalı, Abitus Art Projects, A.R.K Istanbul (2016); INFORMEL, Alan Istanbul (2016); Action, Club Marvy, Izmir (2017); 100%, Summart Cultural Center, Istanbul (2018); Innovation, Gallery Güven, Ankara (2018); Isler Powers, Krishna Art Center, Ankara (2019); Color, Club Marvy, Izmir (2019); Formulaless, Gallery Ark, Istanbul (2020).

Among the selected group exhibitions of the artist; Three Generations of Turkish Painting, Anka Gallery, Ankara (1997); Young Art in Ankara 1, Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara (1998); 75th Anniversary Plastic Arts Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Gallery, Ankara and Dolmabahçe Cultural Center, Istanbul (1998); I. Meeting (Ali Kotan, Eşber Karayalçın, Harun Antakyalı), Gallery Sera, Ankara (1999); Youth Towards 2000 Exhibition, AKM, Istanbul (1999); Fatih Urunç & Harun Antakyalı, Duo exhibition, Picante Bodrum (2000); Turmoil 1, Kargart, Istanbul (2002); Turmoil 2, Kargart, Istanbul (2003); II. Meeting (Ali Kotan, Eşber Karayalçın, Harun Antakyalı), Gallery Art Production, Ankara (2003); The Missing One, Karşı Art Studies, Istanbul (2003); Art Against War, Gallery Art Production, Ankara (2003); THEME II WOMEN, Gallery Art Production, Ankara (2004); III. Meeting (Ali Kotan, Eşber Karayalçın, Harun Antakyalı), Gallery Arti, Ankara (2004); Art Trol, Istanbul Modern Art Gallery (IMSG), Istanbul (2005), Turmoil 5, Kargart, Istanbul (2005); Expanding and Narrowing, Istanbul (2008); IV. Meeting (Ali Kotan, Eşber Karayalçın, Harun Antakyalı), Gallery CEF, Istanbul (2009).

About Cue Art Space

Cue Art Space is an art platform that exists to guide artists, art projects and collectors and to create collaboration spaces together. Cue Art Space works by closely following local and international art production, representing and supporting artists who have just started their careers as well as master artists who have continued their active art careers for many years. Established with more than 10 years of experience in the field of Contemporary Art, Cue Art Space has determined its position in the art axis of Istanbul and Berlin.

Within the scope of art consultancy offered to corporate and personal collections; artist-work selection, artist-collector-institutional coordination, arrangement of the work-space relationship.

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