Art Faırs
My aim in participating in the Ankara art fair was to carry the spirit and perspective of Testimony beyond the walls of the gallery and into the wider field of contemporary art. What was born in an exhibition space shouldn’t remain confined there; it needed to enter new terrains, new conversations, and new audiences.
In the fair context, the presence of my works functioned as a deliberate challenge to today’s sterile, decorative, and risk-averse aesthetic habits. In a landscape often shaped by “market-friendly” expectations, I wanted to insert something more direct, more confrontational, and quietly unsettling. The tension carried by the black-and-white line wasn’t meant to adorn the corridors—it was meant to interrupt them, to pose a question: What does art truly bear witness to, and for whom does it speak?
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The spirit of the exhibition continued to live not only on the walls but also in unexpected encounters, questions, and fleeting exchanges with new viewers. The fair became a space where that spirit could breathe again—within another geography, another rhythm, and another flow of people.