Nilbar Güreş
Her humorous and taboo-breaching way to translate experiences of women. On view at Rampa Istanbul.
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Mixed media on fabric
185 x 275 cm
Inside the upper gallery is Self Defloration, probably the most fundamental work for understanding how the artist positions herself in this world. In the collage openly challenging limiting gender codes, the woman declares ownership of her own body by committing the act of self defloration, which points to a revolt that takes its very power from the body and adds this (for some) unimaginable alternative to the state of mind taught to women, regardless of class and education, that "the woman has no name" and must wait for the man. This body-empowered revolt lies behind not only Unknown Sports and its predecessor drawings, but also ÇırÇır and TrabZONE. The empowerment appears as a strong gesture of highlighting visible and invisible restrictions that women experience in private and public spheres.
© Photo: Nilbar Güreş
Courtesy of Rampa Istanbul
Her humorous and taboo-breaching way to translate experiences of women. On view at Rampa Istanbul.