The void stared back through alabaster fingers that day. while painting this piece, memories of ancient greek theater masks kept floating through my neural pathways - those eternal expressions frozen in white plaster. but here, the mask becomes flesh, becomes vessel, becomes the barrier between seeing and being seen. the hands aren't hiding, they're measuring out precisely how much reality to let in. thought about those moments when consciousness becomes too heavy, when awareness feels like drowning, and we instinctively create these little windows to fragment the overwhelming whole into digestible pieces..

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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