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G-Art Gallery is proud to present Kargaşa / Pêle-Mêle / Disorder, a solo exhibition by Yasemin Şenel, opening on October 15, 2025. Based in Belgium, Yasemin Şenel returns to Istanbul after a decade. Her exhibition Disorder will open as part of the XII edition of Artweeks Istanbul, and will be on view at The Ritz-Carlton Residences Istanbul, Block B between October 15–26. The exhibition will then continue at G-Art Gallery, Çukurcuma, from October 28 to November 22, 2025.

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Since the mid-1970s, from Istanbul to Liège and onto the international art scene, Yasemin Şenel has built a unique visual universe, blending figuration, unexpected harmonies of color, and mythological references. As art historian Sezer Tansuğ noted, her paintings are “born of the consciousness of artistic freedom, original and rare in personality.”

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The works on view invite the audience into a carnival-like realm. Within this universe shaped under the absolute reign of imagination colors, figures, and symbols unlock the doors to different narratives. In the words of Roger Pierre Turine: “Imagination is her most powerful canvas.” Nature spirits, deified female figures, birds, snakes, masks, and skeletons intertwine; innocence emerges within violence, and grace within fear. These striking contrasts create an atmosphere in Şenel’s paintings that is at once alluring and unsettling.

The exhibition centers on the notion of “conscious chaos and organic order” that defines the artist’s practice. For Şenel, art is where chaos dances with order; where disorder becomes the first breath of creation. Working without sketches, layering paint, and keeping every stage visible, she constructs her canvases with a temporal dimension what she calls a “living vanitas.” Indelible traces draw viewers into the depths of the subconscious. Across a wide palette from bright pinks to earthy tones, purples and greens to golden highlights images are redefined. Disorder becomes the birth of a new order.

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In an era where the art world is rapidly drifting into superficiality, Şenel’s persistent commitment to figuration and painting stands as both a political and radical gesture. On her canvases, color is a vibrant field of energy carrying memory, myth, and the unconscious. Violence and grace, fear and innocence, pagan stories from the Middle East and the political echoes of our time coexist, offering viewers an experience that is simultaneously enchanting and disquieting.

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Kargaşa / Pêle-Mêle / Disorder represents not only Yasemin Şenel’s personal mythology, built over more than fifty years, but also her courage to reveal the beauty that arises from conflict and disorder. With this exhibition, the artist invites us to pass through a dream.

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