This monograph was published on occasion of the solo exhibition of Turkish artist Nuri Kuzucan from April to May 2013 at the Edouard Malingue Gallery in Hong Kong. It contains works of the artist ranging from 2007 to 2013. Works incorporate paintings of acrylic on canvas that portray architectural landscapes of cities.

'"ISTHK|HKIST" will feature a series of twelve works that individually, as well as aggregately, explore the complex geometries of dense urban landscapes. Although devoid of human presence, Nuri Kuzucan shows in his paintings how metropolises, from Istanbul to Hong Kong, have become signifiers and quantifiers of modern living. Nuri Kuzucan thus explores society’s increased focus on space and provides reflection, as well as seeming criticism, on our manifested urbanity and celebrated contemporaneity.
Nuri Kuzucan depicts, from multiple perspectives, our complex surroundings: whether from an aerial or panoramic viewpoint, each of his paintings manifest layers and folds of interior and exterior spaces. Depicted from a distance, each painting portrays the intricate overlap and fragmented dimensionalities of our cosmopolitan edifices. Such distance, however, is not to be confused with detachment: on the contrary, Nuri Kuzucan’s omniscience permits him to delve deeply into the composition of our modern quotidian and flesh out the intimacy amidst the anonymity of the concrete jungle.

Nuri Kuzucan’s works exhibited in ‘ISTHK|HKIST’ simultaneously carry with them an emotional charge: executed in dark, light or colourful tonalities, Nuri Kuzucan sets with each stroke a dramatic or conversely tranquil aura over each contemporary landscape. Moreover, Nuri Kuzucan’s technique of using acrylic on canvas and paper tape adds a textural sense of fragility and concurrent permanence to each painting. Thus, although Nuri Kuzucan chooses not to blatantly depict the human form, each of his paintings carries a whisper of humanity and illustrates how “to live is to leave traces”.' - from gallery's website.

Includes essays, artist interview, artist biography and author biographies.