Anna Laudel İstanbul, Oğulcan Kuş ve Mathias Hornung’un yeni kişisel sergilerinin açılışına sizi davet ediyor.
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Anna Laudel İstanbul, Oğulcan Kuş ve Mathias Hornung’un yeni kişisel sergilerinin açılışına sizi davet ediyor.
| Start Date | : 10 Nisan 2026 |
| End Date | : 31 Mayıs 2026 |
| Event Category | : Exhibition |
| Venue Name | : Anna Laudel İstanbul |
“Kendimi Şanslı Hissediyorum” ile Oğulcan Kuş, popüler kültür, medya ve grafik estetikten beslenen görsel dilini odağa alan kişisel sergisini Anna Laudel İstanbul’da izleyiciyle buluşturuyor.
“Yüzeye Vuran” başlıklı Mathias Hornung sergisi ise, ahşabın oyma, ızgara sistemleri ve yüzey dönüşümü aracılığıyla sunduğu dokunsal ve yapısal olanakları ortaya koyan malzeme odaklı bir iş seçkisini bir araya getiriyor.
The exhibition focuses on the artist’s material-driven approach, highlighting his exploration of wood through processes that emphasize the transformation of surface.Working with wood as his primary material, the artist mills, and carves systematic patterns into the surface, forming linear grids and geometric structures. Through the washout process, these incisions are gradually revealed and emphasized, exposing the natural grain and texture of the wood. Produced entirely through manual processes, Hornung creates compositions that often resemble coded systems or grid-like structures. Instead of seeking mechanical perfection, he approaches geometry intuitively, allowing subtle irregularities to remain visible within the grid.
I’m Feeling Lucky focuses on the visual language OğulcanKuş has developed through a neo-pop aesthetic and his engagement with contemporary modes of cultural production. Drawing from the visual repertoire of popular culture, media, and graphic design, the artist incorporates familiar imagery into his paintings to create surfaces that are both appealing and accessible. These compositions reveal Kuş’s ironic, at times uncanny, yet always deliberate approach; one that manifests either at the center of the work or in details that carry traces of the artist’s personal life.
In the exhibition, “luck” is not treated as a matter of coincidence, but as a field of possibilities shaped by continuity and labor. For Kuş, being able to pursue what he loves and define the boundaries of his practice is both a privilege and a source of motivation to continue producing. In this sense, the exhibition can be read as an artist’s journal shaped by curiosity, surprise, and continuity.
Material plays a defining role in Kuş’s practice. His openness to combining different materials expands his production beyond a purely visual plane into a tactile and experiential realm. The relationship he establishes between graphic aesthetics and pop art positions him close to a tradition that has evolved since the 1970s, while simultaneously reinterpreting it through a contemporary lens.
One of the most persistent motifs in the artist’s visual language is the recurring white glove. His experience working behind the scenes in the production and circulation of artworks at institutions such as MoMA has transformed this image into a conceptual element within the exhibition. The glove appears as both a visible and anonymous subject; while pointing to the often invisible mechanisms of art production, transportation, and display, it also carries theatrical, humorous, and authoritative qualities.
For Oğulcan Kuş, “luck” cannot be separated from the realities of being an artist: long working hours, uncertainty, and a constant cycle of building and rebuilding. Within all of this, the ability to produce and to build a life around that production becomes the true meaning of luck.
Following the announcement of his representation, Kuş’s first exhibition at the gallery, I Feel Lucky, will be on view at Anna Laudel Istanbul from April 10 to May 31, 2026.
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