While painting these faces, memories of an ancient venetian asylum kept flooding back. the way light would filter through dusty windows, catching the vacant stares of those long-forgotten souls lined up for their daily bread. each face emerged from my brush carrying the weight of a thousand untold stories, some pale as morning fog, others rich with the warmth of fading sunsets. i wanted to capture that peculiar moment when consciousness dissolves into collective memory, when individual features blur into a shared human experience..

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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