TURKEY

Ine: Aulayan Kadin

(Wortani Dryand ears oftear i a0r0

Soft scalprute 58.6 cm× 33 cm

Sakalli Kacin

dearded Woman), 2020

Falt scuptare 59 x 42 cu

Masa: Kadini (Masce Warcan),

2020 Sor scultrlBssa6 cm

Teps2 u Kacin Womani tr Hair in a But,

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Kurdelel Kiz(Git wit Rbons, 2020,

The presentation is a shrine to the laving memory of Schoe Girbiz whose friendship continues to nurture us. The series of masks portzay women who, acconding to the artist, shared a special interest in, and longing for nature, and whose beliefs in freedom were essential to them. The mask denotes an empowering tool of aramation, communion, disguise and seduction, reserving a prominent place in the feminist arsenal. Its gift of anonymity can be wondrously liberating, connoting for some the only means for entering their true selves. In the context of theatre and rituals, the mask also symbolises "ékstasis allowing one to step out of the self, however temporarily, and put on selves that are others. Hair is another powerful mediun appropriated by the artiot, She especially marvelled at the way the African women braided and tied up their hair in different styles. Hair has interested her since she was a child and she used it Wherally as a material in her practice. In the present body of work, hair and eyelashes are used to individualise the masks.