Sita's story haunted me that night - not the epic version, but the quiet moments between her transformations. each profile fragment captures a different shade of her essence, like pottery shards reassembled wrong. the way the faces splinter and realign reminded me of those medieval manuscripts where saints' faces would be scratched out and redrawn countless times, each iteration carrying a new truth. i painted this after finding an old box of victorian cameos in my grandmother's attic, all of them showing the same woman from slightly different angles. there was something unsettling about how the profiles seemed to follow you, whispering different versions of the same memory..

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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