VOLKAN ÇOBAN

Galeri Soyut / Çankaya is hosting Volkan Çoban's solo painting exhibition titled "Benim Pencerem" in Hall C between January 31 and February 18, 2025.

Choosing a non-figurative style as his theme, our artist draws attention with his abstract works. Choosing to use the three instruments of painting—line, color, and form—freely, our artist takes as his starting point the return of painting to its spiritual essence, stripped of stories, and creating compositions by moving beyond fundamental narratives. According to him, the primary goal is to enable the human memory, which tries to make sense of every image it sees, to step outside the habitual and view this new universe from a different window. In this context, the circular form he uses in his paintings symbolizes the window opened to see this universe. Furthermore, the frequently used horizontal and vertical geometric forms are conceived to add rhythm and movement to the spirituality of this new universe. This newly constructed pictorial universe of his aims to transform the enchanting spiritual sincerity of music into a visual feast with colors and forms.

Abstract art can create an opportunity for the artist to convey their own memory beyond the visible. Thus, without remaining bound solely to the visible, ways of artistic production will be found in a free space. According to Volkan ÇOBAN, while very different universes equipped with different forms, styles, and colors far beyond the faculty of seeing and perceiving surround us, humanity must be able to go beyond the known. Exactly at this point, it should be essential for the artist to challenge human perception and memory to open the doors to an extraordinary new perception while freely using plastic elements. Our artist tries to convey to the viewer the images he has accumulated in his visual memory from childhood to the present with an abstract language. His goal is to convey to the viewer, in a magical language, this different universe where he experiences adventures within himself. This universe had to be presented with the subjective language of painting alone, beyond known shapes and stories. For this reason, the title of the painting exhibition is "Benim Pencerem".