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My artistic practice is less about aesthetics than it is about taking a position. It is figurative, direct, and political; it seeks not to narrate but to reveal, not to symbolize but to point. Rather than pursuing abstraction, my aim is to bear witness to reality. The linear language I employ draws upon an ancient visual memory that extends from prehistoric cave walls to the public surfaces of Ancient Rome. Through the stark contrast of black and white, I seek to reinterpret this visual language within a contemporary context. My restrained formal and technical approach deliberately distances itself from the spectacle of dominant elite aesthetics. More than personal nuances, my work gives voice to a collective memory. For this reason, my works are not merely objects of collection, but also instruments of testimony and resistance.

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Alper Yahya

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Conceived around the line as both an ethical and intellectual position, this exhibition approaches drawing not as a purely aesthetic form but as a historical site of witnessing. Rather than pursuing formal concerns, it engages with fundamental questions of existence, memory, and responsibility.

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In "Testimony", the activation of collective memory becomes a means of reaffirming art's social function and its capacity to serve humanity. The exhibition proposes a critical reflection on the role of artistic practice as an act of witnessing—one that resists forgetting while confronting the realities of the present.