There was something deeply unsettling about sita's exile that i needed to capture. the way she walked into the forest, not with despair but with a quiet dignity that made the gods weep. i painted her as a silhouette because sometimes the absence of detail speaks louder than precision. the moths appeared organically - dark sentinels carrying away fragments of her past life, piece by piece, into the mist. they weren't butterflies. butterflies speak of transformation and hope. these were moths, creatures of erosion and forgetting. each one carries a small death, a memory being consumed by the growing darkness. the path beneath her feet glows with an unnatural light, as if her very presence creates a rift in reality..

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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