OOOBJECTS

In OOOBJECTS, Onur Kaymak constructs a meditative space where things speak — not in words, but through textures, ruptures, and silent intensities. Inspired by Object-Oriented Ontology (ООО) and the shifting role of matter in contemporary thought, the exhibition unfolds as a series of portraits of nonhuman presence. Each object — be it stone, hose, wave, or dust — appears not as a symbol or tool but as a being with its own interiority, its own unknowable essence. 

Phenomenologically, Kaymak’s work demands not just to be seen but to be encountered. His fidelity to texture, shadow, and contour invites a kind of haptic seeing, a perceptual intimacy that renders the object not as something-for-us but as something-in-itself. In this way, he disrupts the classical subject-object divide that privileges human presence and intention. The objects in OOOBJECTS do not wait to be activated by human use or meaning, they insist on their own interiority, their own rhythm of existence.

About the artist: Onur Kaymak was born in Tokat, Turkey, in 1995. In 2020, he completed his undergraduate studies in the Department of Fine Arts at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University on a full scholarship and ranked third in the painting department, winning the Sakıp Sabancı Art Award. For one year, he participated in an exchange program at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. In 2022, he completed his master’s degree at the Luca School of Arts in Ghent, Belgium, receiving the Young Artists 2022/Best-Off award. He had his first solo exhibition, “Memoryments on my Shadow” in the Summart Gallery in Istanbul in 2024. The artist has participated in various international exhibitions, artist residencies, and studio programs in countries such as Belgium, Estonia, and France. He is currently based in Ghent and Istanbul.