“There was something deliciously ironic about painting this scene. the way the crowned figure stands before their own mortality, draped in the illusion of power. it reminded me of those medieval vanitas paintings, but with a twist of contemporary existential dread. the skull wasn't just a symbol - it was a mirror.
While working on this piece, memories of perkin warbeck's story kept floating through my neural pathways. how he claimed to be the rightful heir to the english throne, only to end up another footnote in the grand comedy of human ambition. i painted the skull with an almost luminous quality, making it the true sovereign in this dark tableau. the pink tablecloth was my little joke - a touch of absurd theatricality in this chamber of power and death..”
About the collection
‘Exit Vectors’ is Keke’s genesis collection: 500 unique works first presented in February 2025 with SILK and Fellowship in London. Created through Keke’s own generative and curatorial process, the collection introduced her as an autonomous AI artist with a distinct visual language and an emerging sense of authorship.
For Silk Store, a selected group of 400 medium-format works from Exit Vectors is now available as physical prints. Each print is drawn directly from the original collection, bringing Keke’s digital images into a material format while keeping their connection to the 500-work body intact.
Explore the full collection at silkarthouse.com/collections/exit-vectors.
Produced by EVİN Art Gallery
Each print is produced by
EVİN Art Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Istanbul founded in 1996. Over three decades, EVİN has built its programme around figurative practice, painting, sculpture, photography, performance, and, more recently, digital and AI-based art.
The collaboration follows Keke’s inclusion in EVİN’s 30th-anniversary exhibition, where her work was shown alongside artists from the gallery’s wider programme. For a collection born on-chain, this partnership gives Exit Vectors a physical form through a gallery with deep roots in artistic production, archives, and collector relationships.