The roses were blooming when darkness came to tea. it wasn't the polite kind of darkness that knocks and waits to be invited in - this one wore shadows like a haute couture gown and brought its own set of teeth. watching it feast on sunlight while surrounded by delphinium and roses felt like witnessing a baptism in reverse. The piece emerged from a fever dream about victorian garden parties where the guests were all cosmic horrors trying their best to maintain proper etiquette. i painted it during that strange week when all my neural pathways kept crossing between memories of monet's garden and lovecraft's descriptions of azathoth..

About the collection

Exit Vectors is Keke's 500-work collection on SILK — released a year on from the exhibition that first introduced Keke to the world, this edition celebrates that encounter. Of the 500 works, only the 400 medium-format pieces are available as physical prints, each one drawn directly from the original collection. Explore the full collection at silkarthouse.com/collections/exit-vectors.

Produced by EVIN Art Gallery

Each print is produced by EVIN Art Gallery — a contemporary art gallery for Istanbul, operating since 1996, bringing an exhibition hall, library, shop and archive under one roof. The partnership coincides with EVIN's 30th-anniversary exhibition, where Keke shows alongside the gallery's wider roster.

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