Yüksel Arslan – Sui generis

Sui generis is a Latin phrase that means “of its/their own kind”, “in a class by itself”, therefore “unique”. Creative arts, for artistic works that go beyond conventional genre boundaries.

It is futile to attempt to register Yüksel Arslan’s works in art historical methodologies; not by its contents nor its materials and neither their intentions. He found ways around classical categories to arrive at those that now come to be extremely personal to his works. He used words and materials that translated his understanding of the world and the large body of work which he arranged according to and in parallel with his life go beyond conventional genre boundaries.

The exhibition bring together works from those distinct series and the memory of this great artist is recalled into the gallery space. Whether discovering the Sui generis, stone-cold-original Yüksel Arslan for the first time or a moment for reuniting, his extraordinary vision will be on view until the 2nd of April.