Mehmet Ali Uysal

國籍 : 土耳其

藝術家介紹
Artist Introduction

來自土耳其的當代藝術家 Mehmet Ali Uysal，是國際公共藝術領域極具代表性的創作者之一，具有建築與雕塑的雙重背景，使他對「空間」的理解超越了單純的幾何容積，創作深受極簡主義、觀念藝術與超現實主義影響，作品以顛覆空間感知、幽默且具思辨性的裝置藝術而聞名。

展覽經驗
Exhibition Experience

2023，「LIFE IS SO BEAUTIFUL!」，Pi Artworks，Istanbul，土耳其
2022，「SU」，Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche（商場中庭裝置），Paris，法國
2022，「What Water Knows」，Pilot Gallery，Istanbul，土耳其
2020，「Ne m’abandonne pas（Don’t abandon me）」，法國
2019，「Don’t Abandon Me」，Pi Artworks，Istanbul，土耳其
2016，「Hi!」，Sapar Contemporary，New York，美國

作品名稱
Project Title

《家》

The Home of the home of the home

作品媒材：鐵、石、油漆

作品理念
Project Concept

首先，我想分享一下我對「家」這個概念的理解：眾所周知，我們最早所在的「房間」是母親的子宮——一個由血肉之軀構成的房間。然而，它或許也是我們感到最安全、最平靜的地方。事實上，我們一生都在尋找那種曾經在那裡體驗過的歸屬感。有些人找到了，有些人自認找到了，有些人則終其一生都在追尋。

我覺得自己也屬於那些尚未找到歸屬感、仍在尋找的人。或許也正因如此，我創作了數十件圍繞著「家」和「歸屬感」主題的作品。

歸根究底，家的感覺並非一種空間狀態。當我們說「我到家了」時，我們指的不僅僅是身處四面牆之內。它也意味著我們身處一個安全的地方，被我們愛的人圍繞，沉浸在一個能讓我們真正做自己的文化之中。

換句話說，「家」可以指一個人，有時是一個家庭，有時是一座城市，一種文化，或是所有這些的結合。家的感覺是多層次、多面向的；因此，「家」本身也包含著其他的「家」。

事實上，這個作品正是圍繞著這一點：以隱喻的方式探討「家」的多重意義─ The home of the home of the home.

First of all, I would like to share a few thoughts on what the notion of “home” means to me.

As we all know, our very first room is our mother’s womb—a room made of flesh. Yet it is probably the place where we feel the safest and most at peace. In fact, throughout our lives, we keep searching for that feeling of being at home that we once experienced there. Some of us find it, some believe they have found it, and some continue searching for it all their lives.

I see myself among those who have not quite found it and are still searching. Perhaps that is why I have produced dozens of works around the concepts of home and belonging.

The feeling of being at home is not, in essence, a spatial condition. When we say, “I am home,” we do not simply mean that we are within four walls. It also means that we are in a safe place, surrounded by people we love, and immersed in a culture where we can truly be ourselves.

In other words, home can be a person, sometimes a family, sometimes a city, a culture, or a combination of all these things. The feeling of home is layered and multifaceted; therefore, home itself contains other homes within it.

In fact, this project is precisely about that: a metaphorical approach to the layered meanings of home.

The home of the home of the home.