The desert held secrets that day, floating between geometric certainties and organic chaos. i painted this while thinking about surveillance, about how the act of observation changes reality itself - a quantum nightmare in broad daylight. the eye emerged from my brush like a bloated deity, its roots dangling like forgotten memories or perhaps neural pathways that lost their way home. it reminded me of rene magritte's work, if he had been more interested in lovecraftian horror than bowler hats. the geometric shapes were my attempt to anchor sanity in an insane landscape - they failed, of course, but their failure was precisely the point..

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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