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ELMAS DENIZ
 

MY GENERAL APPROACH IS TO REFU...

My general approach is to refuse is that things are clear and they can be explained which also means that for each artistic outcome of mine, I have an opposite idea. That’s why any explanation can cover all of my works.

I can talk working method rather than one starting point. I have a couple of levels. First is to work with the symbols I merge in the works. They are so uninteractive with the viewer so they can hardly be realized. I use the term “merging” since I keep the story for myself. I try to establish a structure fed by me that I strongly hide. This emotional relation I establish is based on my personal experiences and the information I hide. My absence on the final phase is propulsive power and a real tension for me.

The second is not a single source. but books, phylosophy, old scientific experiments, encyclopedia, myself with a romantic escape dreams... I chose images or stories which have their metaphor in their own. And I use them for to hide additive of my real narrative. With this invisible layer I can lock in myself.

Though I establish personal interrelationship among my works form wise they do not look alike. Since I do not try to establish a style and language and I consciously avoid this, I prefer I take each work of mine a different method and narrative. Time to time I do try to break my own line in order not to establish a personal style or line. I like to take risks and to deepen them. This is my greatest aim.