AYHAN ÇETİN

Galeri Soyut is on view with the painting exhibition "Kent Nostaljisi" by Ayhan Çetin. The exhibition will take place in Hall B between March 14 - April 2, 2025.

KENT NOSTALJİSİ

Looking at old photos always creates a sadder, more meaningful impression. The black-and-white or sepia nature of city photos has always created a more attractive image compared to the city's current appearance. Even today, we often play with the contrast of a digitally taken color photo, lower its color value, and like and share its monochrome version. This nostalgia also underlies the longing and admiration for the 80s pop craze that still continues. Ayhan Çetin focuses this time in the context of urban nostalgia on nostalgia, which we can express as a feeling of longing for past times, commemorating what belongs to the past, respecting it, and reconnecting with it. Having focused on the lego-like puzzle of the city and the concrete like its superstructure in his previous exhibitions, Ayhan Çetin this time sets out from old city visuals, conveying the nostalgic images of the city with a dynamic narrative and presenting visuals of longing for the past.