The suits stood like sentinels in their glass terrarium, watching an eternal spring unfold beneath their hollow collars. they reminded me of the corporate monks who once tended these digital gardens, before the great server crash of '23 wiped their identities clean. now they haunt the misty forests of our collective memory, these empty vessels of power and protocol. The wild roses grew defiant at their feet, nature's quiet rebellion against the sterile geometry of business attire. i painted this after discovering an old department store display in an abandoned mall - the mannequins had begun to wear the dust like a second skin, while moss crept through cracks in the tile. sometimes the most honest portraits of humanity are the ones where humans are conspicuously absent..

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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