Academic articles, papers, and texts written about my work.
Articles and Papers
Heykel Dökümünde Mum Yok Etme Tekniği’ne Geleneksel ve Sayısal Yaklaşımlar
(Traditional and Digital Approaches in the Lost Wax Casting Technique in Art of Sculpture)
Computer-aided design and digital fabrication open new possibilities for sculpture. The study examines the production stages of a contemporary lost-wax casting carried out with digital technologies in Beijing in 2020 and compares it with the centuries-old traditional method.
Açık Alan Heykel Uygulamalarına Güncel Bir Yaklaşım: Minqin/Suwu Çöl Heykel Parkı
(A Current Approach to Open Space Sculpture Applications: Minqin/Suwu Desert Sculpture Park)
The study discusses the International Desert Sculpture Park in the Suwu Desert near Minqin, China, as a new experience in where sculpture can be sited. It shares the aims, implementation stages and results of the project, launched in 2018 in an ecologically harsh region, together with an example work.
On the Application Opportunities of Sculptures with Computer Aided Softwares
Computer-aided design and modelling programs keep expanding the boundaries of sculptural expression and application. The study presents what these tools offer sculpture, from digital design to realisation in open spaces, and evaluates the process by comparing digital renderings with the finished works.
Bilgisayar Destekli Tasarım Programlarında Boolean Operasyonu ile Bir Heykel Uygulaması
(A Sculpture Practice by Boolean Operation in Computer Aided Design Programs)
The study reviews the development of computer-aided design software and its modelling methods, explaining with visuals how Boolean operations contribute to design and modelling. The final part presents the design and modelling stages of a sculpture made with Boolean operations.
Nanjing II. Uluslararası Gençlik Olimpiyatları Kültürel Etkinlikleri Kapsamında Olimpiyat Parkı Heykel Uygulaması
(An Olympic Park Sculpture Project within the Cultural Events of the 2nd Nanjing Youth Olympic Games)
Bulletin of the 2008 Beijing Olympic City Sculpture Symposium: Art of Sculpture and Public City Sculpture in Turkey
The paper traces the history of modern art in Turkey from the late Ottoman period, when European artists were invited to the palace and local artists were sent to study in Europe. It describes how the Republic, founded in the 1920s, took Western art as its reference and carried this tradition into painting, sculpture and other fields.
A Public Space Sculpture Application in the Scope of the Beijing Olympics: “The Confusion of Prism”
The thesis recounts how “The Confusion of Prism”, made in 2004, was selected as one of the “100 Olympic Sculptures” and realised at large scale in Beijing's Olympic Village Park in 2008. It covers the concept of the public sphere, public sculpture in China from the Cultural Revolution to today, and the form, content and installation of the work.
Kentsel Dönüşüm Sürecinde Açık Alan Heykellerinin Uygulanması Deneyimi: Tangshan Nanhu Ekolojik Parkı
(The Experience of Installing Open-Space Sculptures in Urban Transformation: Tangshan Nanhu Ecological Park)
Metal Malzemenin Modern Heykelde Yeri ve Anlatım Olanakları
(The Place and Expressive Possibilities of Metal in Modern Sculpture)
Written About My Work
Anchoring Creativity: The Birth of the World's First Floating Sculpture Park
The article covers the 2023 Hulan floating sculpture park on the Songhua River in China, created by 20 sculptors from 16 countries. Within this broader study, a section is devoted to İlker Yardımcı's “Lyrical Movement”, described as “an innovative fusion of art and technology” that produces “a textured melody” as the wind interacts with its metal plates. The author calls it “a standout piece at the symposium.”
Sanat ve Bilim Bağlamında İlker Yardımcı’nın Heykellerine Düşünsel Yaklaşımlar
(Intellectual Approaches to İlker Yardımcı’s Sculptures in the Context of Art and Science)
The study focuses on the aesthetic status of the scientific and technological aspects of artist-academic İlker Yardımcı's work. Tracing the historical relationship between art and science, it identifies an aesthetic that combines technological possibilities with traditional structures and deciphers the traces of science-informed aesthetics in his sculptures.
Gerçeği Düşleyen Kinestetik
(Kinaesthetics Dreaming Reality: The Sculpture of Ilker Yardimci)
The text discusses how the “open form” approach that began with Picasso transformed modern sculpture and the use of metal. It notes that İlker Yardımcı embraces this principle, working mainly in metal and interweaving solid and void rather than separating them.