When does the exhibition Make Sense take place?

The exhibition is announced for December 19, 2026 starting at 11 AM at Anna Laudel in Düsseldorf.

Where is Anna Laudel Düsseldorf located?

The gallery is located at Mühlenstraße 1, 40213 Düsseldorf.

What does entry cost?

Entry to Anna Laudel Düsseldorf is free.

What are the opening hours at Anna Laudel Düsseldorf?

The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday from 12 PM to 6 PM and Saturday from 11 AM to 3 PM. It is closed on Sundays and Mondays.

What can visitors expect in the exhibition?

Contemporary art from Oğulcan Kuş featuring neo-pop painting, references to pop culture and media, as well as the recurring motif of the white glove.

Are there guided tours or workshops available?

Information about tours and workshops for this event is not provided.

Oğulcan Kuş’ Make Sense: Neo-Pop, Gloves and New Perspectives on Art

Name: Oğulcan Kuş: Make Sense
Start: 2026-12-19T11:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-19T11:00:00+01:00
Location: Anna Laudel

Oğulcan Kuş: Make Sense – Neo-Pop and Hidden Gestures in Düsseldorf

With Make Sense, Anna Laudel in Düsseldorf presents the second solo exhibition of Oğulcan Kuş with the gallery and simultaneously his first presentation in Germany. The exhibition leads into a contemporary imagery where pop culture, media images, graphic design, and personal experiences merge into complex compositions.

Between Pop Aesthetics and Critical Observation

Oğulcan Kuş, born in Istanbul in 1993, studied Studio Arts and Communications at Marymount Manhattan College and lives and works in Istanbul. His painting moves between neo-pop imagery, geometric precision, and cartoon-like figures. Familiar signs initially appear accessible and vibrant in color, but upon closer examination, they develop ironic, ambivalent, and sometimes slightly eerie undertones.

The White Glove as a Recurring Motif

A central gesture in Kuş’ artistic vocabulary is the white glove. The motif refers to his experiences in the field of art logistics and art handling, simultaneously appearing anonymous, theatrical, and symbolic. In the images, the glove becomes a representative of an invisible hand: It touches, organizes, moves, and controls, without fully revealing the person behind it.

Painting as Visual Memory

The works connect clear forms with allusions to American pop culture, cartoons, and everyday imagery. Kuş translates familiar visual stimuli into his own artistic direction between pop art, neo-pop painting, and contemporary image critique. Colors, contours, and recurring signs create an immediate exhibition atmosphere that unfolds content-wise only over the duration of observation.

Material, Surface, and Spatial Experience

Besides painting, Kuş is interested in expanding the picture plane. Different materials and the manipulation of canvas surfaces take the aesthetic experience out of the purely two-dimensional. The works therefore not only function as images but as physically experienceable objects, whose surfaces, rhythms, and visual interruptions guide the viewer's gaze through the gallery space.

Cultural Education through Close Examination of Works

Make Sense invites visitors to explore the mechanisms of visual seduction. What makes an image familiar? How do repetition, graphic precision, and pop cultural symbols alter our perception? The exhibition thus opens an illustrative access to questions of contemporary art, connecting sensual art experience with art historical reflection.

Conclusion: Discovering a New Voice in Contemporary Art

Visitors can expect a concentrated encounter with an independent imagery that combines lightness and irritation, humor and social observation. The first presentation of Oğulcan Kuş in Germany offers the opportunity to experience his painting directly in space and to re-read the significance of seemingly familiar signs. A visit to Anna Laudel Düsseldorf enriches every aesthetic experience and opens surprising perspectives on pop, media, and contemporary art.