Özgür Kar

At the end of the day reflects the title of both the artwork and exhibition, and is the first solo presentation of Kar’s work in an institutional context in the Netherlands.

A speaking figure is trapped inside a flatscreen monitor facing a gargantuan set of speakers hung on a black frame. During a 15-minute loop the naked, kneeling figure gently mutters to himself, giving the visitor a window into his inner world. The cold technological appearance of the installation seems to contradict the intimate, introspective monologue of the figure. “At the end of the day,” he states in an absurdist pep-talk, “I’ll just be myself, and I’ll come out on top, just be yourself, be real to yourself.”

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Picture: Özgür Kar, At the end of the day, 2019. Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Installation view Antibodies, 2020, Palais de Tokyo, Photo: Aurélien Mole