burcu gökçek
burcu gökçek
'us'
3/10 - 16/11/2013
Analyzing the relationship between soul, mind, and body by utilizing various techniques, Burcu Gökçek recreates the invisible portrait of the visible in her new exhibition at artSümer. "Us" consists of portraits of mutant characters on canvases of photo-collage transfer and acrylic paint.
Like the mystery of covered objects, Gökçek adds fantastic depictions of animals to human figures thus makes reference to individual and social sub-identities with her portraits in this exhibition, which she calls “Us”. Her canvases reflect a kind of opposition to being incapable of facing oneself while surrounded by intense relationships, which bring the person into existence. By utilizing images that refer to the relationship between nature and mankind, she focuses on the existential disconnection a person experiences today.
The starting point for the 14 portrait studies in the exhibition is her video-performance work “Gaze” made for the “self-portrait” exhibition last year, which trigger the viewers to partake in her meditation. The “Mania” video which is on display for the first time presents the visitors with a moment of madness created by toys that are programmed to repeat a single movement, behaving as if alive.
'us'
3/10 - 16/11/2013
Analyzing the relationship between soul, mind, and body by utilizing various techniques, Burcu Gökçek recreates the invisible portrait of the visible in her new exhibition at artSümer. "Us" consists of portraits of mutant characters on canvases of photo-collage transfer and acrylic paint.
Like the mystery of covered objects, Gökçek adds fantastic depictions of animals to human figures thus makes reference to individual and social sub-identities with her portraits in this exhibition, which she calls “Us”. Her canvases reflect a kind of opposition to being incapable of facing oneself while surrounded by intense relationships, which bring the person into existence. By utilizing images that refer to the relationship between nature and mankind, she focuses on the existential disconnection a person experiences today.
The starting point for the 14 portrait studies in the exhibition is her video-performance work “Gaze” made for the “self-portrait” exhibition last year, which trigger the viewers to partake in her meditation. The “Mania” video which is on display for the first time presents the visitors with a moment of madness created by toys that are programmed to repeat a single movement, behaving as if alive.