Mehtap Baydu – Loving You Is So Hard
1 June – 15 November, 2026
Arter
The exhibition centers on the relationship between body and object, opening up a discussion on themes of physical presence, transformation, and fragility.
Baydu’s practice moves through the relationship between personal experience and collective memory, treating the body both as a site of production and a mode of thinking. Through processes of adopting different identities, bodily transformation, and her direct engagement with materials, the artist questions fixed definitions of identity.
The exhibition brings together the artist’s recent works alongside a selection from different periods, inviting the viewer to become an active participant in the experience rather than a passive observer. In this context, where the boundaries between performance, object, and space become fluid, the exhibition offers a space for bodily and sensory encounter.
Overall, Loving You Is So Hard! stands out as a powerful and experimental exhibition that reconsiders concepts such as love, intimacy, alienation, and existence through the body.
