Turkey

Dort Panter, Iki seccade, Bir Isa, Bebek Kemanci, Yildizlar ve Tuller (Four Panthers, Two Praying Carpets, One Jesus, Baby Violonist, Stars and Tulles), 1980 - 2022. Textile collage, 240 cm x 260 cm.

Melankolik Sahmaran (Melancholic Basilisk),

1980-2022. Textile collage, 120 cm x 160 cm.

The two new textile collages invoke the syncretic mix of cultures that define the matrix of Mardin. The works have been composed from fabrics gathered in the BOs by the artist during her travels to the south-east of Turkey as well as those picked up in Istanbul around the same time.

This moment in time marks a large wave of migration from the easter and south-easter countryside to the big cities when the markets were full of brilliantly coloured goods heralding a hybrid new culture bom out of the clash between the metropolitan and immigrant cultures. The current works re-member and rejoice in this border-crossing of material cultures at a time of strained hospitalities and sweeping conservatism.