Zeynep Aslanoba : Sounds Like a You Problem

05.09 – 29.09.2024

An Exploration of Isolation and the Human Experience

In a world that increasingly celebrates individual growth and self-realization, we often lose sight of the bonds that connect us. In her latest exhibition, Zeynep Aslanoba delves into the complex interplay between loneliness, the struggle for individuality, escapism and the search for a savior. Through a series of evocative sculptures, stop-motion animations, and two-dimensional fantasies, Aslanoba invites us to refect on the profound solitude and weariness that accompany the daily effort to take responsibility for one’s own life.

Aslanoba’s work poses existential questions about the human condition: Is each person solely responsible for their own happiness? What becomes of those who cannot fnd happiness on their own? Can one fnd joy when surrounded by others’ sorrow? Are we not, to some extent, responsible for the happiness of those around us? And can anyone truly be another’s savior, or are we all ultimately responsible only for ourselves? In her artistic process, she revisits the fgures she once deifed and the saviors she believed she had found, and drew inspiration from them with a satirical twist. Through this exhibition, Aslanoba examines the healing process of those searching for themselves, as if observing from an alien perspective trying to understand the human experience on Earth. By bringing together the conscious stillness of daily life and the deep, dark subconscious in a colorful world, she asks whether anyone can truly save another or if we are all ultimately responsible only for ourselves.

Zeynep Aslanoba

My Therapist and I, still going strong…, 2024

Installation

180 x 85 x 120 cm each

Artwork ID: 778

Zeynep Aslanoba

When you’re late to the function, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

110 x 163 cm

Artwork ID: 805

Zeynep Aslanoba

Sober LYFE, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

100 x 120 cm

Artwork ID: 806

Zeynep Aslanoba

Agony of Waiting, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

101 x 90 cm

Artwork ID: 803

Zeynep Aslanoba

Savior, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

82 x 92 cm

Artwork ID: 801

Zeynep Aslanoba

The real Life of Baba Yaga, 2023

Video + Set

150 x 75 x 75 cm

Artwork ID: 779

Zeynep Aslanoba

sade insanlar Artist Book 1, 2, 2018

Artist Book in its own handcrafted ceramic box

18 x 14 x 4 cm

Artwork ID: 780

Zeynep Aslanoba

Dear God Podcast, 2024

Video + Set

46 x 29 x 21 cm

Artwork ID: 781

Zeynep Aslanoba

Kelebek Hırsızı, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

102 x 81,5 cm

Artwork ID: 794

Zeynep Aslanoba

Kalp Hırsızı, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

102 x 81,5 cm

Artwork ID: 802

Zeynep Aslanoba

Why does my back hurt?, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

91,5 x 101,5 cm

Artwork ID: 800

Zeynep Aslanoba

Home Office, 2022

Acrylic on canvas

111,5 x 81,5 cm

Artwork ID: 797

Zeynep Aslanoba

Forever Young, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

82 x 71,5 cm

Artwork ID: 798

Zeynep Aslanoba

Guru 8, 2024

Sculpture

38 x 16 x 16 cm

Artwork ID: 795

Zeynep Aslanoba

Guru 2, 2024

Sculpture

38 x 16 x 16 cm

Artwork ID: 792

Zeynep Aslanoba

Guru 1, 2024

Sculpture

38 x 16 x 16 cm

Artwork ID: 793

Zeynep Aslanoba

Guru 5, 2024

Sculpture

38 x 16 x 16 cm

Artwork ID: 789

Zeynep Aslanoba

Guru 4, 2024

Sculpture

38 x 16 x 16 cm

Artwork ID: 790

Zeynep Aslanoba

Guru 3, 2024

Sculpture

38 x 16 x 16 cm

Artwork ID: 791

Zeynep Aslanoba

Guru 6, 2024

Sculpture

38 x 16 x 16 cm

Artwork ID: 788

Zeynep Aslanoba

Guru 7, 2024

Sculpture

38 x 16 x 16 cm

Artwork ID: 787

Zeynep Aslanoba

Guru 12, 2024

Sculpture

38 x 16 x 16 cm

Artwork ID: 782

Zeynep Aslanoba

Guru 9, 2024

Sculpture

38 x 16 x 16 cm

Artwork ID: 785

Zeynep Aslanoba

Guru 10, 2024

Sculpture

38 x 16 x 16 cm

Artwork ID: 784

Zeynep Aslanoba

Guru 11, 2024

Sculpture

38 x 16 x 16 cm

Artwork ID: 783

Zeynep Aslanoba

Tatildeyim, 2024

Acrylic on canvas

100 x 120 cm

Artwork ID: 804

Zeynep Aslanoba

Resting quietly, 2022

Acrylic on cardboard

105 x 87 cm

Artwork ID: 799

Zeynep Aslanoba

Hasret, 2022

Acrylic on canvas

100 x 80 cm

Artwork ID: 796

Zeynep Aslanoba

Zeynep Aslanoba, a multidisciplinary artist, graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s BFA Program in 2018. Her creative process is rooted in the concept of play, and her works are a representation of this idea. Aslanoba employs various mediums, including painting, sculpture/installation, stop-motion animation, music videos and writing, to convey narratives infused with dark humor. Her work delves into themes such as pop culture, psychology, mythology, humor, and the human experience. Through an engaging approach to thoughtprovoking storytelling, she invites the audience to refect on the intricacies of the human soul and the interplay between tradition and contemporary life.

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