Ekber Sürsal's Special Selection Exhibition at JW Marriott Istanbul Bosphorus

Throughout April, JW Marriott Istanbul Bosphorus is presenting a special selection of works by Ekber Sürsal, an artist who creates sculptures, reliefs, objects, and lighting pieces, focusing on themes of memory, mythology, and urban layers, within the historic fabric of Karaköy.

Bringing together the history, culture, and contemporary rhythm of Karaköy. JW Marriott Istanbul BosphorusThroughout April, the hotel is hosting a special selection of works by contemporary sculptor Ekber Sürsal. Located near Galataport and reinterpreting the historic Veli Alemdar Han building with a contemporary accommodation concept, the hotel offers its guests a city experience deepened by art. Spread across different areas of the hotel, the selection creates a strong dialogue between contemporary art and the architectural atmosphere, inviting both city residents and hotel guests into Ekber Sürsal's multifaceted world.

Ekber Sürsal's practice is based on a multi-layered visual language nourished by geographies where civilizations, cultures, and beliefs have accumulated and left their mark. The artist's "Timeless and Urban Layers" The mixed exhibition, consisting of works grouped under these themes, will welcome visitors for a month. Sürsal's approach views the city's historical heritage not merely as a sum of traces left from the past, but as a memory space reinterpreted with each glance. Bringing together stone, metal, paper, resin, copper, wood, and contemporary industrial materials, Sürsal establishes a poetic yet powerful relationship between the natural and the artificial, the past and the present, dream and reality.

Included in the exhibition selection DistractionIt explores the tension between memory and time through two contrasting figures; HeritageIt interprets the cultural heritage passed down through generations in the form of a modern column. Lip ve EyeIt is notable for its totemic structures that rise around the idea of ​​the cosmic axis, silent knowledge, and absolute witness; Hermes, Mars, Zeus ve ArtemisIt reimagines the figures of ancient mythology—messengers, warriors, rulers, and those integrated with nature—through a contemporary sculptural language. Silent Witness The combination of copper and stone makes visible a silent testimony stretching from the past to the present.

The works that form the architectural and narrative backbone of the selection include: Key, Phoenixes, Atlantis, White Dreams, Loop, Red Tower, Blue Tower ve Sator Square These works stand out because architectural elements such as towers, columns, passageways, windows, and labyrinths are intertwined with themes of rebirth, lost civilizations, the subconscious, esoteric knowledge, and transformation. Selene ve Heliosinterpreting the cosmic opposition of the moon and the sun with mythological poeticism; Family Constellation It makes intergenerational ties and family memory visible in a monumental form. One of the select works. Towards you It is a sculptural light object that brings together wood, copper, and resin, centering on the idea of ​​a spiritual journey from darkness to light. The artist's ''Untimely'' Timeless selected from the collection for the exhibition De Dis In Terre, Deuz, Nazar ve King These works essentially present a profound story about humanity.

This encounter, shaped by the works of Ekber Sürsal, also highlights JW Marriott Istanbul Bosphorus's approach of bringing together culture, design, gastronomy, and lifestyle within a single experience. The hotel, which stands out with its location in Karaköy, its historical architectural character, and its contemporary luxury concept, makes art a natural part of everyday experience with this exhibition. The selection, which can be seen throughout April, offers an inspiring stop for anyone who wants to reinterpret the multifaceted spirit of Istanbul through the language of contemporary art.