The Daima Genç exhibition presents a selection of works by Kerem Durukan from 2019 to 2021, highlighting both the formal richness and the compelling aesthetics of his oeuvre. The curatorial strategy of the exhibition is based on showcasing the artist’s unique strategies across different media, including works on paper, paintings on canvas, and wall tapestries.
Durukan’s body of work, informed by his knowledge of art, graphic design, and industrial design, gives his pieces a distinctive quality that transcends traditional aesthetics and artistic conventions. The highly experimental nature of his works grants them significant meaning and relevance in contemporary art. His innovative and bold use of materials, textures, and colors reflects a rare authenticity, individuality, and originality in today’s art scene.
Kerem Durukan’s oeuvre can be categorized into abstract pieces, sequences of animals and flowers, still lifes, portraits, and collage-based works. His practice consistently balances figuration and abstraction, as well as expressionism and illustration. The works demonstrate the artist’s mastery in combining heterogeneous aesthetics and diverse art movements into multilayered compositions that reflect the pluralistic and eclectic existence of contemporary art, culture, and society. Through their multilayered structures, his works mirror our worldly chaos while simultaneously revealing the dynamic character of today’s art and culture.
Upon his passing, Kerem Durukan left behind a profound legacy that continues to inspire the next generation of young artists. His memory and works will endure not only in the hearts and minds of friends and family but also in the broader art community. This is why Kerem Durukan and his oeuvre will remain forever young.
