ne karanfil ne kurbağa.

Banu Cennetoğlu’s solo exhibition ne karanfil ne kurbağa.* (neither carnation nor frog.) is on view at İMALAT-HANE from October 25, 2025 to January 4, 2026, curated by Yavuz Parlar.

Banu Cennetoğlu’s practice interrogates the politics of knowledge -its production, classification, and circulation -through long-term research as well as archives of personal and collective memory. ne karanfil ne kurbağa. reflects on fatherhood, limits, loss, and power, while probing the ambiguities of both speaking and making promises. In the context of this collaboration, the correspondence, exchanges, and reflections between Cennetoğlu and curator Yavuz Parlar not only shape the exhibition’s narrative but also culminate in an accompanying publication titled nknk-erika.

*The title is quoted from the 5th section (âmenna) of Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil’s poem Analar.

About Banu Cennetoğlu:
In her interdisciplinary practice, Banu Cennetoğlu employs methods of archiving and printed matter to question memory politics and the ways knowledge is produced, distributed, and consumed. Her solo exhibitions have been presented at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2025); Sylvia Kouvali, Athens (2024); K21 Ständehaus, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2019); Sculpture Center, New York (2019); Chisenhale Gallery, London (2018); Bonner Kunstverein (2015); Salonul de proiecte, Bucharest (2013); and Kunsthalle Basel (2011). Alongside many group exhibitions, she has participated in the biennials of Berlin, Istanbul, Liverpool, Gwangju, Athens, and Venice, as well as Manifesta 8 in Murcia, documenta 14 in Athens/Kassel, and the 58th Carnegie International in Pittsburgh. She is the founder of BAS, an artist initiative in Istanbul focusing on artists’ books and printed matter, and serves as an advisor at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. She lives and works in Istanbul.

About Yavuz Parlar:
Yavuz Parlar has been involved in the arts since the early 2000s, contributing to artist-run spaces such as PiST and BAS. He wrote his MA thesis on “Artists’ Books in Turkey” and has coordinated exhibitions and projects at institutions including the Sakıp Sabancı Museum, İKSV, the British Council, and SAHA. Since 2018, as an independent studio manager, he has supported artists’ production processes across research, archiving, printed matter, editorial production, and project development. He also provides consultancy for İMALAT-HANE in strategy and resource development.