Mehmet ali uysal biography of baracker

Sapar Contemporary inaugurates its new space in Tribeca with an exhibition featuring the work of Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal. A newcomer on the New York art scene, the gallery invited Uysal to interact with its newly renovated space, on the ground floor of 9 North Moore Street.

Internationally recognized for his playful reevaluations of the white cube, Uysal has transformed the space into a whimsical three-dimensional sculpture that poses subtle yet forceful questions about physical and emotional boundaries, both concrete and metaphysical—and about being at home in one’s own skin.

At the center of Uysal’s practice are the place of the individual and the authority of materiality in today’s rapidly changing environment.  Whether referencing rapid urbanization, along with its displacement of individuals and communities, or the growing materiality and object-focused art market, the individual is at the core of Uysal’s entrancin