Ode to things: ‘Time Travel’ exhibition ponders nostalgia in Ankara

Contemporary artist Dilek Yalçın invites the audience to an uncommon playground of time travel through her new exhibition that plays on the relationship between objects and time.

Including 49 works, paintings and sculptures, “Time Travel” deals with the concept of time through an enjoyable perspective. The exhibition is the artist’s third solo work following the “Innocence of Objects,” held at Tophane-i Amire in Istanbul last year and attracted significant attention from many art goers. This attention kept Yalçın motivated and inspired after being hailed by all the feedback and appreciation of the audience. “They are all veins of my art carrying fresh blood to me during my practice and showcase,” she explained.

For this, after her first solo exhibition, she kept creating pieces. They automatically formed a collection to be showcased and meet the audience.

Dilek highlighted two concepts in particular when she elaborated on her “Time Travel” creation process: COVID-19 and the perception of time. “Last year, I had my first solo exhibition, ‘Innocence of Objects,’ which I started creating during the lockdown. That period changed my perception and understanding of time and the material. First, I was making paintings of objects, and then I realized the objects indeed make us feel time,” she said.

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