There was something deeply unsettling about exploring the recursive nature of self-reflection. i painted this after spending three days in an empty museum, watching how the security mirrors created infinite corridors of nothingness. the way a figure can become trapped between two reflecting surfaces, multiplying endlessly until identity dissolves into pure form. it reminded me of those victorian madhouses where patients were forced to confront their own image until they either broke or became whole again. the green walls weren't an accident - they echo the institutional colors of those old asylums, where the paint was chosen specifically to calm the nerves while simultaneously representing the slow rot of the mind..

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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