The "7/7 – Seven Divided by Seven" exhibition opens at Artmahall Kabataş...
Curated by Derya Aydoğan, the "7/7 – Seven Divided by Seven" exhibition welcomes art lovers at Artmahall Kabataş from July 7th to September 7th, 2026. Bringing together the works of faculty and graduate artists from the Yıldız Technical University Art Department, the exhibition examines the invisible connections of contemporary humanity through the symbol of "seven."
The "7/7 – Seven Divided by Seven" exhibition, which unites the works of seven artists on a common intellectual ground, will bring art lovers together at Artmahall Kabataş from July 7th to September 7th, 2026. Curated by Derya Aydoğan, the exhibition transforms the number "seven," considered a symbol of completion, cycle, and wholeness throughout history, into a metaphor that questions the existence of contemporary humanity within an invisible network of relationships.
Prof. Dr. Derya Aydoğan, faculty member of the Yıldız Technical University Art Department... The exhibition, which brings together the works of Lütfü Kaplanoğlu and graduate artists Seval Yıldız Tekin, Alper Efe Gümüş, Melisa Uzun, Esra Doğa Ertaş, Ece Albayrak, and İldem Ünver, proposes a conceptual encounter focusing on the collective structure of contemporary life.
FIBERS OF A COMMON TEXTURE: AN EXISTENCE BUILT TOGETHER
The 7/7 – Seven Divided by Seven exhibition brings together the works of seven artists around a single theme, treating each artist's work as a different fiber of a common texture; making visible how encounters, contacts, and relationships transform the whole. With this perspective, the "one" that emerges when we divide seven by seven becomes not only a mathematical result but also a symbol of an existence built together.
FROM JOHN DONNE TO TODAY: "NO MAN IS AN ISLAND ALONE"
In his famous lines written in 1624, John Donne says, "No man is an island alone." Four hundred years later, this sentence is perhaps more relevant today than ever before. Digital networks, ecological crises, cultural circulation, migration movements, and collective memory make it visible every day that man does not exist alone, but within a constantly interacting network of relationships.
The 7/7 – Seven Divided by Seven exhibition starts from this point and invites the viewer to think through a seemingly simple mathematical proposition: When we divide seven by seven, does only "one" really remain?
THE SYMBOL OF COMPLETION AND CYCLE: THE NUMBER SEVEN
Throughout history, the number seven has not only been a number. Seven notes, seven colors, seven days, seven continents... In different cultures, it has been interpreted as a symbol of completion, cycle, balance, and harmony. The exhibition re-examines this shared symbol within the relational world of today.
Seven seemingly independent artists, seven production practices, and seven different forms of expression become different layers of a shared idea. Thus, the exhibition reinterprets "oneness" not as uniformity, but as a shared living space built on diversity.
A RELATIONAL TEXTURE: SCIENTIFIC AND SPIRITUAL INTERSECTIONS
This approach intersects with anthropologist Tim Ingold's idea that the world is not a collection of disconnected objects, but a relational texture composed of constantly woven life lines. It also evokes the "tapestry" metaphor described by Dolores Cannon in her book *Beyond Death*, created by countless threads of different colors. Beyond being a scientific or spiritual proposition, these images suggest that humans are not beings existing in isolation; they gain meaning through the connections they forge.
ALL FROM YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Prof. Dr. [Name], faculty member of the Art Department at Yıldız Technical University... 7/7 – Seven Divided by Seven, an exhibition curated by Dr. Derya Aydoğan, a faculty member at Yıldız Technical University's Department of Art, brings together the works of Lütfü Kaplanoğlu and graduate artists Seval Yıldız Tekin, Alper Efe Gümüş, Melisa Uzun, Esra Doğa Ertaş, Ece Albayrak, and İldem Ünver as different fibers of a shared intellectual fabric, making visible how different forms of expression can transform into a collective narrative.
The exhibition can be visited at Artmahall Kabataş between July 7 and September 7, 2026.
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