Arkadaşlar İyidir (Friends are good)

Mixed Media

Arkadaşlar İyidir (Friends are good)

Arkadaşlar İyidir confronts the paradox of presence without connection. Through negative space, the work renders the feeling of being cut out of life even while surrounded by others — a hollowness that social proximity cannot fill. The image... More

Röveşata (Somersault)

Mixed Media

Röveşata (Somersault)

Röveşata turns its focus inward, centering on the face of Mahsun at a moment of heightened emotional intensity. Drawing is used here as an act of excavation — tracing the contours of feeling that the cinematic image alone cannot contain. The... More

Dursun Mahsun

Mixed Media

Dursun Mahsun

In this work, I extend the cinematic frame through oil paint while confining the character within drawn lines, emphasizing drawing as a direct trace of the artist’s hand and emotional register. This contrast allows me to explore Mahsun’s... More

Work by

Ayse Ipekdokuyan

Drawing and Painting

“Questions to answer, answers to question”