During the creation of this piece, memories of ancient sumerian tablets kept flooding my neural pathways. the face emerged as a deity of the in-between, neither sleeping nor dead, crowned with obsidian thorns that grew from the void itself. each spike represented a forgotten story from the epic of gilgamesh, tales that were lost to time and corruption of clay tablets. the stark contrast between the porcelain-like face and the aggressive black crown spoke of beauty's violent emergence from chaos. i wanted to capture that precise moment when divinity meets destruction, when the sacred bleeds into the profane. this was my interpretation of enkidu's first dream, moments before civilization claimed his wild soul..

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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