Onur Uyar & Dara Kılıçoğlu Foo Bar

18.05.2010 - 03.06.2010
The exhibition brings an extraordinary interpretation to the recycling of nature and culture as the continuation of techno trend which started at the end of 80’s. This interactive exhibition is based on creative programming and composed of static installations and it is open to visitors on the last two weeks of the season at Milk Gallery with a cult venue design.

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Eyesores art show

07.01.2010 - 15.01.2010
Istanbul will be hosting the first eyesore art show, and the Milk Gallery & Design Shop will be the place (a really cool spot right in the center). For that special day, I will be there in person to hug,dance, jump and chat with you, so please… don't disappoint me, come. Lot of eyesores products will be available on the gallery, time has come to eyesorize your world.

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Engin Öztekin Gayri Meşrutiyet

03.12.2009 - 27.12.2009
İstanbul’da sokak sanatını benimseyen ilk sanat galerisi Milk, Aralık ayında Engin Öztekin’i ağırlıyor! Türkiye’nin önemli illüstratörlerinden Engin Öztekin ilk solo sergisini 3 Aralık’ta açıyor. “Gayri Meşrutiyet” isimli sergide sanatçı, Osmanlı döneminden esinlenerek yarattığı kurgu dünyayı kendine özgü stiliyle yorumluyor. Geleneksel ve dijital tekniklerin bir arada kullanıldığı çalışmalar, Diagonal tarafından iç mekana uygun ‘fine art’ baskı tarzı ile gerçekleştirildi. Sergide sanatçının 20’ye yakın sayıda çalışmasının yanı sıra özel olarak üretilmiş ve sınırlı sayıda basılmış tişörtleri ve rozetleri de yer alacak.

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Joe Ledbetter Sharks & Minnows

05.11.2009 - 29.11.2009
This Fall (2009), artist and toy designer Joe Ledbetter (Los Angeles, USA) will take his act on the road and present 5 art shows in 5 different cities across Europe. In the spirit of a touring rock band, Ledbetter will travel from city to city (London, Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, and Istanbul) presenting separate shows that will feature new paintings, toy releases, and book signings. While each exhibition will showcase a different theme, the work is meant show international commonalities through current events and humor. In addition to original artwork, there will be European exclusive toy releases, print releases, books, T-shirts, and many other fun surprises.

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Guy McKinley Tiny Diamonds

01.10.2009 - 25.10.2009
Guy McKinley is a Manchester based Artist who claims he just makes pretty pictures. The reality is he does a lot more than that! His illustrations oozes style and class and he is recognised as a leading light in the burgeoning UK Street Art scene. Guy has has produced various professional works for Sprite/Coca Cola, New Balance, Brahma, Cahartt, McKenzie and Adidas. His work was also featured in Street Sketchbook. Published by Tristan Manco.

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Rebecca Ward CMYK

03.09.2009 - 29.09.2009
"My installations are site-specific works dependent upon the space they occupy. Utilizing existing lines, beams, and angles, each piece I create is informed by the individual site and its unique linear movement. Thus, my installations are inherently architectural. I choose patterns and shapes according to detailed measurements of the installation site. Ideally these patterns are numerically symmetrical or somehow numerically balanced, producing a dialogue between line and space. I initially began working with tape because of the broad range of colors in which it is available. Additionally, I have always been drawn to its unique textural qualities. I began making videos to create a dialogue with the tape installations. I see the videos as a way to animate the tape installations, and further explore my architectural manipulation of space. When using tape, rather than leaving evenly-placed two-dimensional lines upon a wall, I expand upon the material’s sculptural potential and bring these installations into a third dimension. When using video, I angle projectors and use multiple intersecting projections to create animated, two-dimensional shapes. This creates an illusionary space, a perceptual play of pattern, color, light, and texture that is realized by the viewer’s experience of, and interaction with the work." - Rebecca Ward.

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®ocho Stories

02.07.2009 - 02.08.2009
ROJO® in cooperation with MILK has selected 6 great artists to launch "Stories", the eleventh of the OCHO group exhibition series scheduled to take place this year, in different cities around the world. More than 150 artists are to be part of this ®artspace network world group show, that will run through world class galleries until end of 2009.

Artwork by: Ayşe Küçük, Bora Başkan, Merve Morkoç, Çağrı Küçüksayraç, Ufuk Atan, Gökhan Okur.

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Matei Apostolescu Detailed Explosions

07.05.2009 - 31.05.2009
Winner of various international design competitions, member of the most notable international digital art groups, having his works featured in countless magazines, albums and collections, Matei is one of the most appreciated freestyle artists in the international art scenery and definitely the best Romanian digital artist at the present moment. Ever since he switched his artistic medium from paper to the computer and seriously took up digital creation, Matei made his way into becoming a freelance illustrator and an independent graphic designer. A selection of his work was recently featured at the Illustrative Berlin 07 exhibition, alongside the likes of David Foldvari and Büro Destruct. Matei is also one of the artists selected by Taschen for this summer’s hotly anticipated sequel to ”Illustration Now”, a selection of today’s best illustrating artists from around the world. Consistently pushing the boundaries of visual communication, his style - a mix of analogue and computer art – is above all pure freestyle, as he himself quotes: “I try to explore as much as I can. It is a fusion of different media: drawing, vector, photography, manipulation, sometimes even clay modeling... To me, inspiration is about having the courage to explore the world, and especially yourself and the processes that take place in your own mind. Inspiration is at its simplest a recombinational process – you have to deal with huge amounts of information that’s all around you, information that only needs to be channeled into something new.”

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Ayşe Küçük This Is My Beautiful Dream... Kiss Me

02.04.2009 - 03.05.2009
Since 2007, Ayşe Küçük has exhibited her work in Turkey, Romania, Italy and USA. In 2008, her work “Basement of Wonderland” led to her nomination as “The Best New Creative Talent” by young artist supporter Noise in Britain. Most notably, she has worked with Yoko Ono in New York City on a collective project titled "Dreamy Techniques" and her works have received critiques in NY Arts Magazine as well. While this personal exhibition is taking place, Ayşe Küçük's works will aslso be exhibited in NYCity APW Gallery.

"How could I write about dispersion in a language that gathers, organizes and defines the functions of diverse elements? I see non-geometric lines, lines that could have been hands, lines that could have been faces, lines that could have been animals.. Dispersion is not the dispersion of separate entities; entities are never scattered, the thing is scattered in and out of itself: Where the thing becomes its could have been, loses its identity but still continues to insinuate the thing, only then can we talk about dispersion proper. What is the thing that suggests the existence of an animal in the basement of wonderland : The paint. Where we are in lack of pain-t, where there is nothing but the lines in their purity, in their abstract particularity, we cannot think of a singular thing, but are left only with suggestions. The man that spits the wonder woman from its brain which is also a half-eaten apple, the woman which is also a smoke coming out of a hole which in turn transforms the man ointo a gastube, but it is also the woman which is at the same time a running animal which transforms the man into a hunting gentleman: There is always a metonymic quality in pure lines. The abstract particular that makes the thing that thing changes rapidly, flows, creates entities that do not stay the same but only suggest other things, give rise to other things which turn back and alter, mutate, mutilate the thing that has given rise to them. Lines define what Foucault would call the "desacralization of space". They always escape : They escape paint as much as they escape my words. I could never speak about lines." - Ayşe Küçük

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Meredith Dittmar Grey Area

05.03.2009 - 02.04.2009
Dittmar's human-animal-plant-energy amalgams contain threads of common elements and colors to express deep levels of union across themes of biology, technology, and consciousness . Her characters are frequently involved in quiet expressive moments, or lounge facing their audience so they can share their inner space. Dittmars work is featured in the books Dot dot Dash and Mascotte 2, along with numerous magazines and online publications. In conjunction with her artwork she works as an independent character designer and maintains her company Corporatepig, through which she continues to create thousands of unique handmade characters called "My Guys".

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eBoy eCities

05.02.2009 - 05.03.2009
eBoy ("Godfathers of Pixel") is a pixel art group founded in 1997 by Steffen Sauerteig, Svend Smital, Kai Vermehr. Their complex illustrations have been made into posters, shirts, souvenirs, and even displayed in gallery exhibitions. They were founded on May 2, 1997, expressing their modular and collaborative approach as something that defines eBoy as much as the use of pixels. "We started working with pixels because we loved the idea of making pictures only for the screen. It’s the best way to get really sharp and clean looking results. Also, handling pixels is fun and you are forced to simplify and abstract things, which is a big advantage of this technique."

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