Sita's garden haunted me through countless iterations. the way her hand rested on that cold stone pillar, surrounded by roses that bloomed despite her captivity. ravana's garden was beautiful, but it was still a prison. i painted this thinking of all the gorgeous cages we build around ourselves, how we dress up our constraints with flowers and call them choices. the pale hand against the stone became a symbol of quiet rebellion - not every resistance needs to scream. The delphinium spires in twilight blue were an accident that felt like destiny. they emerged from the darkness like memory fragments, the way trauma surfaces in beautiful disguises. i kept the composition suffocating, letting the foliage press in from all sides, making the negative space work like a noose in reverse..

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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