24/11/2014
Seyda Cesur
Merkur, Istanbul
'Update'. For the exhibitions the artist present a new series of painting based on different technical language by putting layers of oil paint on top of one another.
We can all be considered as the children of media today. We are being swiftly attracted to social media which has become our center of attraction by shaping its own information structures in the way a spider is attracted to the web it crafted with marvellous design. There occured a complex yet strong bond among the image, imagery and reality which we cannot escape but we also do not want to be imprisoned by.
We are more and more charged and loaded as we constantly update ourselves. From this perspective, the artist Şeyda Cesur interferes via her art in her new exhibition titled UPDATE, By putting layers of oil paint on top of one another, the artists works on a different technical language. Artist’s own statement: “Everyting which hinders creativity ultimately ends up promoting it. In my works, I bring the act of realization, questioning and judgment, in short the image turned into form, together with an ironic set up. I am interested in the image and especially its recycling nature. The setup between the image and reality definetly includes the artist as everything concerning the artist’s world or instincts and emotions adds up to it. Finding one of its most powerful expressions in Âşık Veysel’s verse “Your beauty is worthless / if my love wouldn’t exist”, this situation clearly shows the meaningless nature of existence without the human mind and intuitions. Image is the manifestation of an experience gained through the senses in the human mind, in other words, an intellectual representation. Every image consists of observations related to the external world and makes a selection. The artist’s role in the process is that of a catalyzer as s/he makes connections among the objects chosen through perception and imagination. S/he constantly updates and modernize these connections and thus expresses the difference of his or her perception. S/he stays in “that moment”.
The opening cocktail of the exhibition “UPDATE” will be on 25 November 2014, between 18:00 - 20:00. The exhibition can be visited at MERKUR till December 20, 2014.
Image: Seyda Cesur, Untitled, 150 x 180 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2014
Opening: 25 November 2014, between 18:00 - 20:00
Merkur Gallery
Mim Kemal Öke Cad. Erenler Apt.
No:12 Daire:2 Nişantaşı / İstanbul