'Pink Dialogues' Exhibition
The artist’s interest in many concepts has led her to
use a broad selection of materials in
her work, extending from oil paint to textiles, to
express both her inner and outer world.
As the impressions she absorbs from the outside world
shape her art intensively, her
inner world increases in significance. Her work can
therefore be said to be the
representation of the dialogue between the outer world
and her inner life.
Iskender uses collage to convey the themes she wishes
to get across. She views the world
in fragments: as she amalgamates these fragments
within a meaningful framework, she
attributes a special sense to each. Thus every individual
fragment in her work contributes
to a meaningful whole.
Her Pink Dialogues exhibition reveals how London, where
the artist has been living for
one year, has come to play a paramount role in her
art. Her trips between London and her
home of Istanbul each have a story to tell. The
interaction between these two cultures –
along with the art of Louise Bourgeois, which she
encountered in London for the first
time - has had
a massive impact on Pink Dialogues. The title of the exhibition – Pink –
derives from the colour of Bourgeois’ most recent
works. Indeed, seeing these pieces has
had a
significant impact on Iskender in terms of her artistic attitude.
The colours used by the artist play a symbolic and
important role in Pink Dialogues. She
substitutes colour for the term ‘other’. She sees living in London - one of the world’s
most cosmopolitan cities - as an opportunity to
observe the meeting point of many
different cultures. Along with the pink - the dominant
colour of the series - the artist has
also started to
incorporate yellow, in order to emphasise this feeling of colourfulness and
multiplicity.
Pink Dialogues is open to view from 26th October to 9th November 2008, at Inn
Clapham, 15 the Pavement, London SW4 0HY, UK.
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