Exhibition: 99 Squares

 

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99 Square

November 1st – December 29th 2018

99 Square exhibition project that was left unfinished by Sezer Tansuğ in 1993 is being completed in collaboration with Art On İstanbul and Sezer Tansuğ Art Foundation.The exhibition which will home 99 artists can be seen at Art On İstanbul between November 1st – December 29th.

 

99 Square “Values of The Republic” is revisiting an unfinished project planned by Sezer Tansuğ in 1993 with contemporary additions. In his project “Values of The Republic” Sezer Tansuğ invites artists to create works in homage to characters from the time of The Republic who have contributed to the cultural, artistic and scientific world with a 40×40 cm restriction on dimensions. Unfortunately, Tansuğ’s sickness and later on his passing leaves the project unfinished. The exhibition that stems from Sezer Tansuğ’s initial project is formed by 3 lists. Artists that have delivered Tansuğ their works after his invitation in 1993, artists who were selected by Tansuğ that haven’t delivered their works and contemporary artists that were added by the Gallery.

 

Throughout the organisation of the exhibition 35 works that were handed to the foundation after Tansuğ’s passing were loaned by the Gallery and their restoration processes were overseen also. The exhibition presents newly made works with pieces created 25 years ago under a roof that combines auras of different times.

 

99 Square aims to remember and underline art criticism through an important name like Sezer Tansuğ. Also, to highlight important names who have created a common culture and memory for the Republic. It will be possible to combine and relate works from different ways of seeing by connecting them through a rich selection of abstraction by the artists. The book made for the exhibition will be an important addition to art history with its extensive introduction by Hilmi Yavuz alongside individual texts written by Evrim Altuğ for each artwork.

List of Participating Artists

Ahmet Çerkez

Ahmet Elhan

Ahmet Oran

Ali Elmacı

Ali İbrahim Öcal

Ali Şentürk

Alp Tamer Ulukılıç

Altan Çelem

Ansen

Ara Güler

Arzu Başaran

Aylin Zaptçıoğlu

Balkan Naci İslimyeli

Bedri Baykam

Berkay Tuncay

Bubi

Buğra Erol

Burcu Erden

Burcu Perçin

Burhan Doğançay

Büşra Kuzu

Çağrı Saray

Doğan Paksoy

Ekin Kano

Ekrem Kahraman

Ekrem Yalçındağ

Elçin Ekinci

Elif Biradlı

Elif Sofya

Elif Varol Ergen

Erdoğan Zümrütoğlu

Ergin İnan

Erkut Terliksiz

Erman Özbaşaran

Erol Kınalı

Evren Sungur

Ferhat Özgür

Gencay Kasapçı

Gülseren Südor

Hale Sontaş

Hale Arpacıoğlu

Halil Akdeniz

Hüsnü Koldaş

İhsan Oturmak

İlhan Berk

İrfan Önürmen

İsmet Doğan

Kâinat B. Pajonk

Kemal Özen

Kemal Seyhan

Kezban Arca Batıbeki

Komet

  1. Zahit Büyükişliyen

Mahir Güven

Memet Güreli

Mehmet Mahir

Mehmet Uygun

Meltem Işık

Meriç Hızal

Merve Morkoç

Meryem Arıcan

Metin Çelik

Mevlüt Akyıldız

Mithat Şen

Muhsin Kut

Mustafa Ata

Mustafa Horasan

Mustafa Karyağdı

Nazan Sönmez

Nazlı Damlacı

Nejat Satı

Nihal Martlı

Nilhan Sesalan

Olcay Kuş

Olgu Ülkenciler

Rasim Aksan

Resul Aytemür

Saim Erken

Seçil Erel

Serap M. Eyrenci

Serpil Mavi Üstün

Serpil Yeter

Sinan Logie

Şahin Paksoy

Şakir Gökçebağ

Şükrü Karakuş

  1. Melih Görgün

Tanju Demirci

Tayfun Gülnar

Temür Köran

Teoman Südor

Timur Çelik

Tomur Atagök

Umut Germeç

Utku Varlık

Yusuf Taktak

Yüksel Arslan