In the mid-19. century after the Modern City and specifically Alleys were built, Parisian emerged in Paris city life as someone who is a loner, city wanderer. It is a character subject of novel, essay and stories of authors, philosophers and poets like Charles Baudelarie, Edgar Poe, Louis Aragon, Walter Benjamin. An observer of new Modern City and Life. Who settles on the streets, prefers idleness and does not give up on it; Likes being alone in the crowd; With a cute carelessness, following the piece of paper they let fly in the wind, looking for an adventure...

According to Walter Benjamin their loneliness; Is the loneliness of a free man who saunters in the city, dreams, observes, thinks and pursues pleasure.

Wandering among forms with all of their

diversity with a Flaneur identity,

Without minding the paradoxes of forms

I often tag along a line, looking for an adventure

Like a detective, observing

the streets, squares, people

Smiling; seen by no one

I’m building my own world…

In this exhibition, I am inviting you to be a flaneur;

to my own world.

You are the Flaneur!

The exhibition "Flaneur" by artist Oğuz Yalım will be on display at Summart from December 9, 2020, to January 22, 2021.