Nasan Tur (b. 1974, Offenbach) works in an intermediate area between the
public and the gallery space, drawing his material from messages and
tensions he finds in the urban environment. His works comment on the
conflicts and failures of ideologies either directly or indirectly. While
suggesting that we must rise against repression and to struggle for
fundamental democratic rights, such as freedom of the speech, he also
admits the risk that resistance can turn into violence, which expands the
scope of his work to cover also the ethic dimension of both individuals
and community action. The overarching theme of his artistic work embraces
all social struggle and the question of its justification. Nevertheless,
Tur also examines the individual’s experience: personal risk taking and
opening oneself to ridicule. Yet the boldness to put oneself at risk, the
ability to laugh at oneself, the tenacity to try again and again, and the
ability to endure failure, these are all necessary if we want to defend
important values in the society.