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Özgür Kar

Özgür Kar

Özgür Kar, 'Death playing clarinet', (2025). Courtesy of the Artist, Emalin, London, and Edouard Montassut, Paris

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Date Saturday 20 February to Sunday 23 May 2027
Free entry
Times
Monday: Gallery closed Tuesday: Gallery closed Wednesday: 12–5pm Thursday: 12–5pm Friday: 12–5pm Saturday: 12–5pm Sunday: 12–5pm
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Accessibility Wheelchair accessible. Large Print
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The exhibition marks Özgür Kar’s (b.1992, Ankara) institutional solo debut in the UK. His multidisciplinary practice intertwines video, sculpture, animation and sound to create immersive environments that explore themes of mortality, alienation and repetition. At Spike Island, Kar deepens his engagement with opera and theatre as settings of existential enquiry. Scenography and dramaturgy structure a deadpan narrative that unfolds across the galleries of the exhibition.

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