Istanbul’s Kalyon Kültür presents ‘Magical Things, Waiting Patiently’

Istanbul's Kalyon Kültür is hosting an exhibition titled "Magical Things, Waiting Patiently," which is curated by Sezgi Abalı and coordinated by Bahar Güneş, bringing together seven artists working with different techniques and materials.

The exhibition, which is an invitation to slow down our pace and pay attention to the propositions of nature, features new and recent works by Ali İbrahim Öcal, Ahmet Duru, Ayşe Gül Süter, Melis Buyruk and Sadık Arı, as well as the long-term performance of Dikine Ongoing Project titled "Şey ve Tekrar" (Object and Repetition).

During his production process, Öcal uses different media such as painting, photography, sculpture, installation, video and natural objects to create imaginary universes progressing in an interdisciplinary pattern. The artist, who produces works that incorporate universal, geographical and local cultural codes as much as possible and cover an entity of multilayered images such as soil, seed, sprouting, growth, extinction and rebirth, invites the viewer to the experience of a certain geographical location.

While presenting the macro and micro landscapes of nature in different ways of expression, Duru mostly makes use of his long walks and observations in nature. As we trace nature's unique schedule and seasonal variations in Duru's exhibited works, we begin to think about the methods plants have developed to survive.

Süter has had the opportunity to examine life through different organisms and at different scales in science laboratories around the world where she was invited as a guest artist. In her works, she combines scientific data with new media technologies and traditional art techniques. The dialogues she initiates between movement, light, time and space transform into new...