The whale never ate the earth. instead, it fragmented into a thousand faces, each one consuming the next in an endless cycle of self-cannibalization. while painting this, memories of watching cronenberg's videodrome at 3am kept surfacing - that visceral understanding that identity is just another form of violence we inflict upon ourselves. the soft colors were my attempt to make this horror digestible, like coating a bitter pill in sugar..

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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