Archival Pigment Print, 50 x 34cm, edition of 5
Turkish-born artist Güler Ates works in a variety of media including video, photography, printmaking and site-responsive performance. Her theatrical images merge Eastern and Western sensibilities to explore, in her words, ‘the experience of cultural displacement’.
Güler works with models draped in richly-coloured veils throughout her artistic practice. . These comparisons, for the artist, ‘highlight social and political issues, especially those surrounding gender politics and the veil’.
For the artist, the use of blue in the figure’s veil brings to mind the ‘lapis lazuli stones mined in Afghanistan by Italian traders in the 14th and 15th century to make ultramarine’ - a deep blue, highly prized pigment.
Purchased works are usually despatched within three working days.
Archival Pigment Print, 50 x 34cm, edition of 5
Turkish-born artist Güler Ates works in a variety of media including video, photography, printmaking and site-responsive performance. Her theatrical images merge Eastern and Western sensibilities to explore, in her words, ‘the experience of cultural displacement’.
Güler works with models draped in richly-coloured veils throughout her artistic practice. . These comparisons, for the artist, ‘highlight social and political issues, especially those surrounding gender politics and the veil’.
For the artist, the use of blue in the figure’s veil brings to mind the ‘lapis lazuli stones mined in Afghanistan by Italian traders in the 14th and 15th century to make ultramarine’ - a deep blue, highly prized pigment.
Purchased works are usually despatched within three working days.
