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PHOTOGRAPH SERIES

THE SHUTDOWN FRAGMENTS SERIES INCLUDES PHOTO MANIPULATIONS CONSTRUCTED USING READY-MADE OBJECTS. THE PHOTO SERIES, WHICH IS A METAPHOR OF THE PROCESS WE ARE GOING THROUGH STARTING FROM 2020 IN AN IRONIC CONTEXT, AIMS TO NARRATE A DIFFERENT DIMENSION OF THE PROCESS IN A SIMPLE LANGUAGE. THE FRAGMENTS, WHICH CAN BE REPRODUCED IN RECTANGULAR FORM, IN DIFFERENT SIZES AND WITH FINE ART PRINTING METHOD, HAVE EMERGED IN SEARCH OF A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AND MATERIAL THAN THE PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS THAT FUNCTION AS PORTFOLIOS. FROM THIS POINT OF VIEW, ALTHOUGH THEY SEEM TO HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON WITH THE ARTIST'S OTHER WORKS IN TERMS OF FORMAL LANGUAGE, CONSIDERING THE CHANGING LIFE PRACTICES, IT CAN BE SAID THAT THEY HAVE AN INTROVERTED AND IRONIC POINT OF VIEW IN COMMON.

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