Beyond Borders highlights the identity of the gallery, one which unites East and West and fosters discourse between mediums, artistic styles and expressions, temporalities and cultures. This exhibition not only complements and celebrates the creative selection of the gallery but also the selection of emerging contemporary artists being showcased.
The Beyond Border’s exhibit includes the work of Kadir Akyol and Ardan Ozmenoglu, emerging Turkish artists, who borrow images from historical contexts and set univer- sal standards of individuality and collective visual memory. Akyol’s canvases allude to elements of popular culture, traditional life, popular and modern painting, lyricism, and irony, which all combine in dynamic harmony. By combining self-elected images from varying historical periods and cultural connections, with a dissimilar original dialect, he achieves extraordinary artistic richness and an innovative contemporary impact.
Similarly, Ardan Ozmenoglu’s work takes a probing look at a wide range of phenomena of contemporary society, among them cultural techniques, scientific and technological de- velopments, history and culture, popular culture and the shaping of national and cultural identity. Ozmenoglu’s refined, subtle works are precisely conceived narratives, visuali- zed using iconic images or illustrations taken from other contexts. Her work often has its starting point in the examination of the past and present of her home country, Istanbul.
Ece Abay specialises in woodcut prints on both, paper and canvas as well as sculp- ture, specifically bronze moulding. Her works are inspired by history, nature, ani- mals, music and various cultures. Often Abay focuses on ancient temples to portray the “finding of our paths through the light of our ancestors’ reflection on earth”. The series, Ancient Memories, being showcased in the exhibition, is the second chap- ter of the journey. She describes her work to be “the bridge between our heritage and future generations on enlightenment and finding our own path in life to pro- sper in harmony”. The series represents birth, growth and maturity of consciousness.
Emre Namyeter is a contemporary sculpture and light artist focused on hu- man perception and the continuous questioning of how we perceive things dif- ferently from one another, how our perception filters reality and how in the end, we tend to see things not as they ‘really’ are but as we are. To achieve this ‘distorted’ viewer perception, he uses lines, patterns, layers, mir- rors and paints and portrays these in different light conditions.
Lastly, the Polish artists Beata Dencikowska and Dariusz Dencikowski, are passionate painters of abstract techniques. By profession and education, Beata is a professional musician and pianist with vast experience in concert performance in Poland & abro- ad. Her works can be understood as a mixture and unity of abstract music and art.
Dariusz’s dedication to painting and drawing, as well as his vast education as an architect and interior designer can be heavily observed in his detai- led works. As an abstract painter, Dariusz describes his paintings to be pictu- res in harmony with his emotions. His works are highly valued by art lovers and collectors primarily in France, Luxemburg, Belgium, England and Germany.
