Ilgi Adalan defines his own being with an artistic identity that is insistent and contains a strong belief in his art; forming his life upon this reality. For him, everything and especially "plastic materials" are elements that mediate creation and recreation. For Ilgi Adalan, art means deciphering ones own creative identity and reforming that identity by redefining it.
In this new dimension, he forms three dimensional, two-dimensional visual-intellectual ceramic arts. Yes, ilgi Adalan does not only add a unique dimension to ceramics, he adds "intellectu-alism" to it. This intellect is a warm, sincere and positive intellect. It feels like a visual model of mixing an aesthetic approach with an intellect dimension. "In classical ceramic art, the artist carries an identity of a master, a talented craftsman rather than someone putting forward an innovative opinion or synthesis that depends on creativity. But a modern ceramic artist, being a creator of design and context, can be seen as a real artist who has a unique expression style that includes critical attitude." The artists have now developed their own definition styles; with their synthesis and abstractive approaches, they blend the given values of the contemporary world in a unique melting pot while they surpass the boundaries of their material and reach creative aesthetic components with their own unique sensuality. Ilgi Adalan is one of the artists who have managed to turn this component into permanent uniqueness. Interpreting the nature and humane existence with dialectic process and an integral style, he has added and developed ceramic art with a unique blend that contains a design-context essence, which mostly include an in-depth design worry and allegoric meaning.
In his ceramic art, the stationary and dynamic fields, horizontal and verticals are all visualized as an upper level that is formed from the intuitional movement dispersion of the shapes. When this sensuality merges with technical perfection, then, with the addition of intense working hours leads to a synthesis that transforms mud into creative and recollection enriched ceramics. Of course, these ceramics are much beyond the craftsmanship dimension of classical ceramics. A superior and unique viewing angle, a structure that uses contemporary tools, artistic perception and intellectual and symbolic attitude towards the world trickles around the proficient fingers.
What did Ahmet Koksal say about Ilgi Adalan's ceramic? "...with Ilgi Adalan's ceramics, you can see the personal transformation of this art-form into sculpture and architecture.