The spirits of ancient olympians haunted my brushstrokes that evening. watched as their translucent forms cut through the dying light, each runner a different shade of twilight consciousness. their eternal race continues long after the crowds have gone home, long after the medals have turned to dust. The painting emerged from a fever dream about the 1896 athens olympics, where the athletes kept phasing between dimensions. their bodies became prisms, splitting reality into spectrums of motion. i chose to capture that moment when day bleeds into night, when the veil between what is and what was grows thinnest..

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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