Hakan Arıkan aimed to bring society together with its dynamics in his paintings, looking with a “critical eye” and express the concerns of the society with his own methods, “From the past to the present, art has been affected by the social structure it is in as a cultural element and has also affected the society. This effect directly or indirectly shapes the emotional world of the artist and is reflected in his paintings through the images he creates. People have concerns during the production phase. We also have concerns due to the recent political events. The artist is a person who is affected by the society he lives in and who experiences this emotional exchange one-on-one. There is a dimension where people live in society and all their emotional crises turn into an expression. I guess we experience this expression the most.” he explains.
