Arter presents a new exhibition titled In Its Own Shadow drawn from its collection. The
group exhibition curated by Emre Baykal and Gizem Uslu Tümer will be on view as of
19 October 2023 at Arter’s entrance and -1 floor galleries.
Drawn from the Arter Collection, the group exhibition In Its Own Shadow is conceived around
thematic dualities such as inside and outside, public and private, presence and absence,
memory and oblivion, void and body; and seeks out the grey areas that arise from the
interplay between these notions. The exhibition, which comprises works by 25 artists,
consists of two complementary sections that spread across Arter’s entrance and -1 floor
galleries.
Embodying qualities implied by the exhibition’s title such as invisibility, uncertainty,
concealment, and ambiguity, the works that form In Its Own Shadow act as an invitation for
the viewers to pursue the traces that take shape in their minds, to search for what remains in
shadows, and to engage in an exhibition experience that will be enriched by their own mental
and emotional participation.
Often starting off with ordinary, everyday materials, objects, or situations, yet transforming
them with unconventional and unexpected interventions, these works favour shadow over
light, the unknown over the obvious, and the fragment over the whole. Through methods such
as veiling, reduction, repetition and displacement or through the interactions and affinities
they establish within the space, the works in the exhibition lead us into a misty field of
perception for the pursuit of new meanings.

Artists: Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Mirosław Bałka, Pedro Barateiro, Michał Budny, Hera
Büyüktaşçıyan, Jae-Eun Choi, Cevdet Erek, Terry Fox, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Bilge
Friedlaender, Deniz Gül, Mona Hatoum, Rolf Julius, Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Šejla Kamerić, Borga
Kantürk, Mohammed Kazem, Inge Mahn, Ferhat Özgür, Seza Paker, Pinaree Sanpitak,
Chiharu Shiota, Yaşam Şaşmazer, Hema Upadhyay, Nika Zupančič
The exhibition titled In Its Own Shadow welcomes visitors thanks to the funding provided by
Yapı Kredi. The group exhibition will be on view free of charge as of 19 October 2023.

Curator: Emre Baykal, Gizem Uslu Tümer
Photo: Sena Nur Taştekne