Umut Yasat

Born in 1988
Lives and works in Berlin, DE

Yasat began work on “Der Stapel” (The Stack) in 2014. Initially, this process involved collecting all the artist’s previous works, but it then evolved into an agglomeration not only of artworks, but also of several of the artist’s everyday objects, both meaningful and trivial. As “Der Stapel” evolved, the artist became more radical, his latest works literally discarding all his possessions such as his washing machine, his bed and the only remaining memento of his grandfather. Yasat works on these sculptures until they reach his own size. It’s a self-imposed limit to a never-ending process, because if it were possible, there would only be one incredibly tall “Stapel”.

As a vertical chronological line, “Der Stapel” is a materialization and a way of visualizing time. The project could also be likened to a series of self-portraits of the artist through time, the objects that make up the work intrinsically evoking the different eras of a life.

Umut Yasat (born in 1988, lives and works in Berlin, DE) studied at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg (DE). His work has recently been the subject of solo exhibitions at Kunstverein Trier Junge Kunst (Trier, DE), GNYP Gallery (Berlin, DE), and Windhager von Kaenel (Zurich, CH). His works have also been featured in group exhibitions at Museum Arnhem (Arnhem, NL) and the Museum of Fine Arts (Leipzig, DE).