Oğulcan Kuş: Make Sense at Anna Laudel in Düsseldorf

Event: Oğulcan Kuş: Make Sense in Anna Laudel, Mühlenstraße 1, 40213 Düsseldorf on 26. November 2026

Date and Time

26. November 2026 12:00

Location

Düsseldorf
40 Düsseldorf, Deutschland

Price

Free

About this Event

Exhibitions & Museums

Mood

Relaxed

Venue Type

Inside

Oğulcan Kuş: Make Sense – a new visual language in Düsseldorf

With Make Sense, Anna Laudel presents in Düsseldorf the second solo exhibition of the artist Oğulcan Kuş with the gallery and at the same time his first presentation in Germany. The exhibition opens on November 26, 2026 and leads into a contemporary image world between painting, pop aesthetics, graphic precision, and enigmatic symbols.

Between pop culture, geometry, and inner images

Oğulcan Kuş, born in 1993 in Istanbul, studied Studio Arts and Communication at Marymount Manhattan College in New York. His artistic practice combines bright colors, geometric orders, and cartoonish figures with motifs from popular culture, media, and everyday life. This creates image spaces that seem immediately accessible while also opening up a second, unsettling layer of meaning.

The aesthetics of the familiar

Kuş works with a visual language in which the familiar appears unexpectedly. Graphic surfaces, precise forms, and enigmatic signs encounter an atmosphere between irony, dream, and visual memory. His works move between Op-Art, Pop Art, and an independent contemporary painting that connects personal experiences with cultural image worlds.

Art observation as an aesthetic experience

The exhibition invites concentrated observation of the works. Colors emerge clearly and physically, forms assert themselves with almost constructive strictness, while individual details direct the gaze into imaginary scenarios. Kuş’ art thrives on the interplay between order and surprise, surface and meaning, playful lightness and intellectual depth.

An artist between New York and Istanbul

His education and early exhibition activities in New York shaped Kuş’ engagement with American pop culture, avant-garde, and graphic image production. Since his return, he has been working in Istanbul and developing a versatile practice that includes not only painting but also sculpture, material experiments, and installation elements. A recurring motif is white gloves, which refer to the invisible work behind the presentation and circulation of art.

Conclusion: Contemporary art with surprising perspectives

Make Sense promises a concentrated art experience for all who appreciate contemporary painting, pop aesthetics, and visual ambiguity. The exhibition opens up new perspectives on familiar signs and makes the atmosphere of the exhibition itself part of the aesthetic experience. A visit to Anna Laudel offers the opportunity to discover Oğulcan Kuş’ works live for the first time in Germany.

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