Ночная серия N i g h t S e r i e s 2023 — 2024 · Istanbul, Bukhara, Sochi
My practice grows out of first-hand research into the urban environment while travelling.
I look for and document the visual code particular to each place — from capital megacities to small towns.
What I record are the states and moods of nocturnal space.
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The pile-up of Istanbul's markets, the climbs and descents. It is frightening to walk here alone at night, but that is how I get to know and understand the city. I like watching its rhythm and its condition.
Tempera on paper 70 × 100 cm Istanbul, 2024
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The work came out of a night walk through Sochi.
The generalised silhouettes of rampant southern vegetation balance between nostalgia, curiosity and a faint unease.
Tempera on paper 70 × 70 cm Sochi, 2024
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The plainness and expressiveness of the old town at night sank me into the time of the Bukhara Khanate.
The dark swallows everything superfluous: the signage, the shops selling Coke and the other symbols of globalisation.
Tempera on paper 70 × 70 cm Bukhara, 2023
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When I was in Bukhara a night marathon was being held, and the whole fortress was lit in electric pink.
Only the light gives away the new age of an ancient city.
Tempera on paper 70 × 110 cm Bukhara, 2023
Levkas Every work has a second version in levkas, the icon-painting technique.
The ground gives an interesting texture, and the pigments make the works more expressive and more painterly.
Kadıköy
25 × 35
Forest
25 × 25
Bukhara
25 × 25
The Ark
25 × 35
