C0LL3C70R 613

High Noon is pleased to present C0LL3C70R 613, New York based artist Kutay Tufekci's solo debut examining memory, surface, and the uneasy entanglement of art, industry, and legacy. The exhibition title and the titles of the works themselves are rendered in leetspeak, an alphanumeric code that substitutes numbers for letters (0 for O, 3 for E, 7 for T, etc.). Originating in early internet and hacker subcultures, leetspeak functions here as both a generational marker and visual cipher, establishing translation, distortion, and coded meaning as central themes of the exhibition. Born in Turkey and now based in New York, where he moved to attend graduate school, Tufekci repeatedly returns to his father's automotive body shop in Istanbul as a foundational site of influence. That environment, defined by passion, repair, and improvisation, echoes throughout the work both materially and symbolically. The paintings are constructed on wood panel and frequently collaged from multiple panels to form aggregate, uneven surfaces. These physical seams mirror the conceptual layering at the heart of the work: overlapping cultural histories, personal narratives, and mediated imagery compressed into a single plane.