"Do Not Feed the Artist" Exhibition Opens at Merdiven Art Space
An exhibition exploring the themes of migration, motherhood, and ambition through Anatolian carpets has met with art enthusiasts.
Opening to visitors at Merdiven Art Space, the exhibition questions the states of pressure on the individual and the deformations caused by submission through old Anatolian carpets.
Main Focal Points of the Exhibition
Opening its doors at Merdiven Art Space, the exhibition welcomes art enthusiasts with an approach that focuses on the deformation caused in the individual by submission and constant positioning.
A New Interpretation of Carpets
Questioning the internalized states of pressure fueled by migration, motherhood, ambition, and constantly changing socio-political grounds through old Anatolian carpets, Gazioğlu transforms these objects into surrogate bodies.
Wounds as Elements of Resistance
Carpet surfaces that are cut open, reinterpreted with oil paint, and brought together with visible stitches using brass wires do not cover up the wounds that are tried to be concealed, but rather reveal them as a conscious element of resistance.
Visitor Information
These works, which do not promise healing or recovery, remind us that hope is nourished not by optimism, but by the power to keep going in spite of everything. Examining in depth the transformative effects of the surveillance society on the female body and labor, "Do Not Feed the Artist" will remain open to visitors until October 17.