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Galerist, Istanbul and Galeri Nev, Ankara are proud to present a solo presentation of the works of the exceptional Turkish artist, philosopher, thinker, sage, heavy laborer, sorcerer and engraver Yüksel Arslan (Istanbul, 1933 – Paris 2017) at the Spotlight section of Frieze New York, 2019.

An artist who always sought novel ways to express his wisdom, Arslan devised a codex; an encyclopedic series of images that illuminate his lifelong curiosities. On the one hand, he may be regarded a scientist; a man driven by reason, on the other a madman due to the miscellany of the material and the …